The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Second crime in May | Civilian’s body found killed by sharp weapon in regime-held areas in Damascus

SOHR activists have reported that the body of a civilian in his 50s was found killed by stabs by sharp object in Damr area near Al-Maymon mosque in Damascus.

According to reliable SOHR sources, quarrels erupted between the victim and another person leading to his death by a sharp object, meanwhile the regime’s security forces arrested the suspect to investigate with him.

It is worth noting that this is the second crime committed in regime-held areas in May.

On May 1, SOHR activists reported a murder in areas controlled by Syrian regime. An elderly woman, who lived with her son in a house in Barad village in the southern countryside of Al-Suwaydaa, was found dead in her house.

Syrian Observatory has documented 56 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, nine women and 35 men dead.
The fatalities are distributed regionally as follows:
A young lady and three men in Damascus.
Two little boys, two little girls, an old man, two women and five men in Rif Dimashq.
Two men and two women in Tartus.
Four men, a baby and two ladies in Hama.
An elderly woman, 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.
Three men and a little girl in Homs.