Body of young man found in Syria’s Hawl Camp
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) in Hawl Camp east of Hasakah, northeast Syria, found on Tuesday a body of a young man in the sixth sector that is designated for Syrians.
A source of the Asayish, who was accompanying the forces when finding the body, told North Press, “While patrolling the camp, we found the body of a man in the thirties who was shot dead with a bullet in his head.”
Another source of the Asayish told North Press that the identity of the man has not been known, and that investigations are still undergoing to reveal circumstances of the crime.
On June 25, the Asayish found a beheaded body of a woman in the fourth sector designated for Syrians in the camp.
Hawl Camp, 45 km east of the city of Hasakah, is a house for 55.829 individuals, including 28.725 Iraqis, 18.850 Syrians and 8.254 of foreign nationalities, according to the latest statistics obtained by North Press.
The camp witnesses murders with different methods, most notably firearms. The management of the camp fears that the latest Turkish threats of invading areas in northern Syria would pave the way for the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) to reorganize its ranks, North Press cited a statement by the management as saying.
In a speech after charring a government meeting, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed on June 27 his threats to launch a new military operation in northern Syria.
On June 1, Erdogan threatened to launch a military operation on northern Syria, and specified his targets in the two Syrian cities of Manbij and Tel Rifaat, which include many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
On May 25, Turkey’s National Security Council said that Turkey’s “existing and future military operations along its southern borders were necessary for the country’s security.” In the meeting, Erdogan delivered a speech to the MPs of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and said, “Turkish military would continue to rid its neighbor of terrorists” refers to the SDF.
Since the beginning of 2022, the camp has witnessed 26 murders, two anonymous bodies, 14 Iraqis and 10 Syrians, including a paramedic who worked for the Kurdish Red Crescent, in addition to 15 failed attempted murder.