Two gunmen assassinate young in Deir Ezzor, but were run over

This evening, two gunmen on a motorcycle, assassinated a young man in front of his house north of Deir Ezzor, while the people and his brother managed to kill the gunmen.

7 March, 2021 17:06

Deir Ezzor

As part of a series of assassinations targeting civilians in the countryside of Deir Ezzor by unknown persons, two gunmen assassinated "Qassem Al-Aftan," with a silencer in front of his home in the village of Al-Ezbet, north of Deir Ezzor. The young man is a resident of the town of Khasham and lives on the farmyard with his family.

ANHA correspondent quoted witnesses, that the gunmen, after their crime, tried to flee, but one of the people run them over with his car, and as a result, one of the gunmen was killed, while the other was seriously injured.

The sources confirmed that when some of people transferred the injured gunman to Jideidet Bakara Hospital, brother of the victim, sneaked into the hospital and killed him.

According to the preliminary information, obtained from some of the people, they indicated that the gunmen are residents of the town of Marat and work as terrorist cells for the Syrian government.

ANHA