Residents of Syria’s Amuda mourn INGO employee killed in Turkish attack
AMUDA, Syria (North Press) – Residents in the town of Amuda, in the west of the city of Qamishli, northeastern Syria, mourned on Saturday the death of an employee of an international organization who was killed in a Turkish drone attack on Friday.
The funeral took place at the Martyr Dijwar Cemetery in Amuda, with the participation of residents and officials from the institutions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in Amuda.
Jwan Muhammad, 34, succumbed to his injuries. He was an employee of the international organization ACTED operates in northeastern Syria. His sister and her husband were also injured in the same attack.
Under the mourning tent set up in front of Muhammad’s family’s house, Hussein, Muhammad’s uncle, said that his nephew worked to support his siblings as their parents had passed away. He emphasized that Muhammad had no involvement in politics or military affairs.
The uncle added, “When the Turkish drone targeted him, he was returning from his sister’s house in the countryside of Amuda. His sister was injured, and her husband suffered a leg fracture.”
He also pointed out that this targeting is not the first time civilians have fallen victims to Turkish shelling or attacks by drones, calling for curbing the Turkish attacks. Those who go to work in their land go out with their cattle, or pass near the border are shot by Turkish border guards. Currently, civilians are living in constant fear.