Gunmen shoot member of General Security in Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – A member of the General Security forces of the caretaker government was injured on Tuesday evening after being shot by unidentified gunmen in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
A security source from the General Security in Deir ez-Zor told North Press that unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle targeted 29-year-old Jihad al-Saud with a silenced pistol in front of his home in the town of Sabikhan in the east of Deir ez-Zor.
The attack left al-Saud with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, while the perpetrators fled the scene.
According to the source, al-Saud had recently joined General Security and had no prior affiliation with any political or military faction.