The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Second murder in al-Hawl camp in June | Syrian civilian assassinated by ISIS cell

Al-Hasakah province: SOHR activists have reported that one civilian from Deir Ezzor was murdered this afternoon, as unknown gunman, believed to be of ISIS cells, shot him with a silenced gun while the victim was getting out of the mosque after Friday prayer in the fourth section of al-Hawl camp.

 

It is worth noting that, this is the ninth murder in the camp since the end of the first phase of the security campaign, which indicates to alarming escalation of killings in the camp.

 

According to SOHR sources, this was the second assassination in June, as SOHR activists documented, on June 3, that a minor Iraqi refugee was killed that morning in the second section of al-Hawl camp in al-Hasakah countryside, as he was hit with several gunshots at head.