The people of northern Syria set out for Shengal to attend the funeral ceremony of Mam Zeki (Zeki Şengali).

People would have the possibility to bid farewell to Mam Zeki today, Saturday, at 3 pm at the Martyr Dilgeş and Martyr Berxwedan Martyrs’ Cemetery.

The Turkish state carried out an assassination with fighter jets on August 15, the 4th anniversary of the massacre the ISIS gangs carried out in Shengal’s Kocho village. 

Yazidi Society Coordination Member Zeki Şengali was targeted in the attack and lost his life. 

A convoy will leave from the Khanasor district and continue to the Serdesht area in Mount Shengal. 

Meanwhile the crowd will go to the Kolka village to receive Mam Zeki’s body. Şengali’s coffin will be carried on people’s shoulders and the crowd will march to the Martyr Dilgeş and Martyr Berxwedan Martyrs’ Cemetery where Şengali will be buried.

Şengali’s family will be attending the ceremony. After the ceremony in Shengal, the family is expected to hold another on 25 August in Celle (Germany) where they live.