NEWS CENTER - According to local sources 8 civilians have been kidnapped in the village of Raco, in Mabata by Cebhet El Şamiye mercenaries. The mercenaries said they will release the kidnapped civilians if a ransom is paid.
The kidnapped people have been named locally as Elî Hemo, Husên Şêxo, Ezîz Şêxo, Betal Mihemed Şêxo, Heysem Remzî Hecî Hemo, Henîf Arif Şerê, Mihemed Birîm and Henîf Henan.
Sources in the region also told that eventually two of the kidnapped civilians, Henîf Henan and Mihemed Birîm, were released after ransom was paid while there is no information about the whereabouts of the others.
In addition, a source from the village of Meimila in Mabata, said that many more civilians were abducted by the mercenaries belonging to the Fatih Sultan Mehmet gang.
Only some of the names of the new kidnapped people could be learned: Lawend Umer Simo (20), Mihemed Menan Birîm (32) and Ciwan Şukrî Umer (20).
Officials from Afrin Human Rights Organization have announced that since 2018, the groups in question have committed crimes against 564 women.