A year after his arrest | HTS hands body of a civilian accused of practicing sorcery and witchcraft to his parent in Aleppo countryside

Aleppo province: SOHR activists have reported that HTS has handed over the dead body of a civilian of al-Atareb region in western Aleppo countryside, who was detained one year ago, after he was sentenced to death a few days ago, over charges of practicing sorcery and witchcraft.

Local sources added that the civilian died in prison due to a heart attack before his execution. But other sources confirmed to SOHR that HTS executed the man and covered it in an attempt to hide its Jihadist ideology and appear as a moderate faction.

HTS’s Sharia Courts issue the sentences such as death sentence and stoning according to the Islamic Sharia, while corruption and patronage are prominent in those courts, in addition applying of the Financial Penal Law, and collecting fines in case of violating the law.