At least four people have been killed, including a woman, ten others have been injured and 75 more have been kidnapped in attacks by a cell of the Islamic State jihadist organization near the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria.
The jihadists attacked with their machine guns a group of people who were picking truffles about 70 kilometers south of the historic ruins, the official Syrian news agency, SANA, has reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has meanwhile reported that militiamen attacked civilians east of the city of Palmyra and abducted more than 75 of them, including several women.
Emergency services have transferred to Palmyra Hospital the lifeless bodies of four people and ten others wounded «with bullet holes all over their bodies,» the center’s spokesman, Dr. Wael Jihad Antakli, told the official SANA news agency.
Among the wounded there are some in serious condition who have been transferred to the city of Homs, capital of the governorate (or province) where Palmyra is located, to receive specialized care.
Despite the territorial defeat of the jihadist caliphate in 2019, the organization remains operational through cells scattered across the country, which routinely attack the population.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
