The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Grenade blast | Elderly man dies of wounds sustained on August 4 in Al-Suwaydaa

Al-Suwaydaa province: An elderly man died of his injuries sustained in a grenade explosion in his house several days ago, when an unidentified person hurled two grenades at his house in Al-Suwaydaa at dawn last Thursday on August 4, leaving the elderly man, his wife, and daughter injured.

On August 4, SOHR activists documented the injury of three civilians of one family including a woman and a little girl, when an unidentified person threw a hand grenade at their house, near Fada Bakery shop in Al-Suwaydaa city southern Syria, where the unidentified person fled to an unknown destination.

On July 25, Syrian Observatory activists reported a new murder committed in areas controlled by Syrian regime, when a young man had been found with gunshot wounds near Al-Omran roundabout in Al-Suwaydaa city. The identity of the perpetrators and the motives of the murder remained unknown.

This murder came in light of escalating crime rate throughout Syria.