Attempted robbery | Four people killed and wounded in Al-Suwaidaa city
Al-Suwaidaa Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Reliable SOHR sources have reported exchange of fire between a thief and a group of civilians travelling in a car in Al-Suwaidaa city, as the thief was attempting to hijack the car by force. During the exchange of fire. The thief killed one of the car’s occupants and injured three others.
On January 11, SOHR activists said that residents in Al-Suwaidaa city found a young man dead and lying near the city’s “School for Commerce” with marks of torture on his body. According to Syrian Observatory sources, the young man was from Al-Suwaidaa, and was one of the ringleaders in the area.
Al-Suwaidaa province experience escalating security chaos and an increase in kidnappings and requests for ransom, in light of the deteriorating security situation in the region, where Al-Suwaidaa has become a safe haven for these gangs.
On January 5, SOHR sources said that unidentified gunmen opened fire on a cargo truck on Al-Suwaidaa-Damascus highway near the village of Al-Mattuna. The gunmen tried to hijack the car and kidnap its driver but they failed to do so after a group of people intervened. However, the attackers managed to flee.