13th murder in regime-controlled areas | Young man found dead in Al-Suwaidaa countryside
As the rate of crimes in regime-held areas, as will as across the entire Syrian geography, continues to escalate, SOHR activists have reported that a young man was found dead on the outskirts of Ariqah town in Al-Suwaidaa countryside. It is note worthy that all contacts with the victim were lost nearly 24 hours before his body was found with gunshot wounds in that area. Meanwhile, investigations are underway to reveal the circumstances of the crime.
This is the 13th murder in regime-controlled areas in April 2022.
The Syrian Observatory has documented 53 murders in regime-controlled areas since early 2022, where domestic violence and armed robbery were behind some of these murders while motivations behind the others remained unknown. These murders left 14 children, seven women and 33 men dead. The fatalities are distributed regionally as follows:
- A young lady and two men in Damascus.
- Two little boys, two little girls, an old man, a woman and five men in Rif Dimashq.
- Two men and two women in Tartus.
- four men, a baby and two ladies in Hama.
- A young woman, a little girl, a little boy, a baby and 11 young men in Al-Suwaidaa.
- Three men and a young man in Deir Ezzor.
- A baby and a man in Aleppo.
- Two men and four children in Daraa.
- A man and a little girl in Homs.