Killing continues in Syria’s Hawl Camp
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) found the body of an Iraqi refugee who was killed by unknown individuals in Hawl Camp, east of Syria’s Hasakah.
16-year-old Iraqi refugee Namer Rabah Yasein sustained several gunshots to the head and the chest in the first sector of the camp, a security source from the camp told North Press.
According to the source, accusations are pointed at Islamic State (ISIS) militants.
On Saturday, Asayish found in the camp the body of a 20-year-old Syrian IDP who was killed by a silenced pistol by unknown individuals on Friday at midnight in her tent in the fifth sector of the camp.
Hawl Camp, run by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, has been witnessing an increase in violent acts since early 2021, reporting 32 killings and ten attempted murders.
It is worth mentioning that the killing incidents in Hawl Camp mostly target Iraqi refugees, who make up the majority of the camp’s population at around 30,606 individuals, according to the camp’s administration’s statistics.