The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

A week after having been kidnapped | Tribal dignitary in Al-Hasakah set free

Al-Hasakah province: Reliable SOHR sources have reported that a dignitary of Shimr tribe was set free, a week after being kidnapped by unknown individuals from Mushayrefah neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah city. According to Observatory sources the kidnappers have received a large ransom in return for the release of the tribal dignitary.

 

On April 28, SOHR activists reported that unidentified gunmen kidnapped a dignitary of Shimr tribe in Al-Hasakah from Mushayrefah neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah. Moreover, the kidnappers demanded 80,000 USDs ransom to release him.

 

SOHR sources had reported that four gunmen in security uniforms stormed the house of a civilian in the SDF-controlled village of Nabu’a in Al-Qamishli countryside in Al-Hasakah province, where they looted a sum of money of an estimated 21 million SYP, a mobile phone and wi-fi devices, before they escaped from the village.