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Islamic State kidnap 400 people from Deir Ezzor city

| | Jan 18, 2016, at 05:14 am
Beirut, Jan 17 (IBNS) Militant group ISIS has abducted at least 400 civilian people and from the families of the gunmen loyal to the regime were kidnapped from Syria's Deir Ezzor city, a monitor said on Sunday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights  said in a statement that it  "was informed by several reliable sources that at least 400 civilian people and from the families of the gunmen loyal to the regime were kidnapped by the 'Islamic state' from al-Bghiliyyeh area and from the northwest of Deir Ezzor city during their attack yesterday and taking over al-Bghiliyyeh area in Deir Ezzor, and the sources confirmed to the Observatory that the 400 were transferred to the western countryside Deir Ezzor and Ma’adan area in the countryside of Al-Raqqah and subsidiaries for 'Al-Khair state' according to the administrative divisions of the organization, and it is feared that The organization execute them as they did in previous incidents."

"It is worth mentioning that yesterday the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that at least 135 persons and members were killed since the dawn of Saturday in Deir Ezzor, where the Observatory was informed by several reliable sources that among the 135 who were killed and executed, there are at least 50 members from the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed and executed during the 'Islamic state' attack on Al-Bghiliyyeh area up to the outskirts of al-Jura area and detonating booby trapped vehicles and carrying out executions, in addition to the presence of 85 persons from the families of the members of NDF, national army and Baathists from the city, while 42 member from the 'Islamic State' organization (including 12 infiltrators and members who blew themselves up with explosive belts in the same attack) were killed," read the statement.
 

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