Syrian Citizens: We Were Kidnapped, Tortured by Armed Terrorist Gangs

Two citizens from Homs Governorate on Saturday said they were kidnapped and severely tortured by armed terrorist groups.

One of the kidnapped citizens, Ali Sharif al-Jirdi, told the Syrian TV that while he was on his way back to his house in al-Abbasyyah district in Homs, an armed gang of around ten terrorists armed with rifles and knives kidnapped him.

He added that he tried to escape but they tied him up and blindfolded his eyes before moving him to a cache in the district along with other kidnapped citizens.

Al-Jirdi pointed out that while he was detained he heard moaning voices from neighboring rooms, adding that he saw a corpse while he was transferred to other room.

“I heard members of the gang agreeing on hitting us with stones on our heads and throwing us in trash containers”, he said.

Al-Jirdi indicated that the terrorists took their IDs and cell phones.

Al-Jirdi added that after the gang left him he heard moaning voices from a nearby citizen, adding that he tried to untie him but he couldn’t.

“After a while, army personnel saw us and asked for medical help from the National Hospital of Homs, they told me later that the person who was near me, Thaer al-Ali, was martyred because of the severe torture he suffered”, he said.

For his part, Yasir Hashim al-Ali, said that while he was on his way back to Homs city, a group of armed people kidnapped and tortured him.

Al-Ali added that they took him to the second floor of a building before moving him again to another house where they hit and tortured him on the pretext that he is dealing with the army.

“Afterwards, they moved me back to the place they kidnapped me from and left me with my legs and hands tied up”, he concluded.