How did IS carry out a massacre against elements of Brigade 93?

Islamic State's gangs had practiced all kinds of brutal methods like killing and torture to spread fear and terror among the inhabitants of the areas occupied or to send threatening messages to certain entities. What is the method used by mercenaries to execute the elements of the 93rd Brigade of the regime forces in Ain Issa?

23 July, 2018 06:19

AHMED AL_KAMIYAN /GIRE SIPI

During its domination on the regions it had invented many methods of killing or torture and reverted old methods were used, such as those followed by Ottoman Empire or Pharaohs and other tyrants of the ages and took several ways in them and with their arrival they revived these methods again.

What is the method used for killing the elements of Brigade 93? Before the invasion of IS gangs the headquarters of the brigade, the brutal methods to spread panic and fear among the elements of the regime by throwing the heads of the 17 squad in al-Raqqa city, which the terrorist organization slaughtered, in a warning message to the elements of the brigade in preparation for its invasion.

When IS gangs attacked the headquarters of the brigade on the seventh of August 2014, began its attack with booby-trap vehicles and armored vehicles in conjunction with the cover of fire from all directions of the brigade, according to what was reported by the people of villages near the area, where the clashes resulted in dozens of deaths in the two sides.

The brigade members were then forced to flee to the wild and arid lands of Ain Issa with their light weapons, where they were chased by bullets, shot and killed by tanks and armored vehicles.

IS gangs published through their media platforms showing the implementation of the most horrific ways to kill the elements of the brigade, which thoroughly echoed on social networking sites during that period.

According to residents' estimates of the number of killed inside the brigade, estimated about 900 elements were killed, all except for individual cases that were able to escape with the help of nearby villagers and access to areas under the control of the regime.

Some residents received information from some elements who had been fled inside the brigade prior to the attack, according to the numbers mentioned, as well as the transfer of helicopters of the regime to certain figures of the brigade and left the rest in front of the inevitable death.

The competent authorities in Ain Issa district on the 21st of July had found four mass graves belonging to the elements of the regime who were executed by IS gangs .For this purpose, a team was formed to extract the remains and collect the samples, which are still working on them to identify them in preparation for their delivery to their families

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ANHA