ISIS kills couple for witchcraft in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Saturday, unknown armed men, believed to be members of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS), kidnapped a man and his wife and killed them on charges of “practicing witchcraft” in a town north of Deir ez-Zor, a governorate eastern Syria.
Khalaf al-Hussein and his wife went missing for hours before residents from the town of Tayyeb al-Fal, north of Deir ez-Zor, found them shot dead, near al-Fidain Bridge, on the outskirt of the town, according to a local source.
The residents found a piece of paper on top of the two bodies, saying that the cause of the killing was their “practice of witchcraft,” and the paper was sealed with ISIS seal, the source added.
The countryside of Deir ez-Zor witnesses an increase in cases of assassination, targeting members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), employees of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), tribal leaders and civilians, despite the intensive security operations launched by the SDF.