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Kurds bury dozens following attack on Hasakah
[ARA News] HASAKAH – Syrian Kurds in the northeastern Hasakah city buried on Thursday dozens of civilian victims who fell in an ISIS-led attack earlier this week.At least 36 civilians were killed and 90 more injured in an Islamic State (ISIS) suicide bombing on Monday. The bomber blew himself at a Kurdish wedding party, in Hasakah city. Thousands of people participated in the funeral ceremony in Sharji district on Thursday. “Cowardly terrorists spill innocent blood, target Kurdish wedding in Hasakah,” Lahur Talabani, the the Director of the Zanyari and Parastin Intelligence Agency said. “We vow [that our] fight against terrorism will be unrelenting.” “The deadly attack caused a state of panic among the people of Hasakah,” rights activist Saadoun Hame said. “Our people have seen enough of blood. We are tired of war, we want peace” Hame told ARA News. “Those innocent people were trying to celebrate life, but the terrorists couldn’t let that happen. We need an end to this deadly conflict.” This is not the first time that ISIS has targeted Syrian Kurds. In July, over 25 civilians were killed in an ISIS suicide bombing attack in the city of Hasakah. Another attack, also in July, killed at least 50 civilians in the city of Qamishli. This surge of violence followed the expulsion of ISIS militants from the area at the hands of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The increasing number of civilian casualties in ISIS attacks in the area has been coupled with a sharp shortage of medical supplies. Video report at the link Posted by: badanov 2016-10-07 |
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