Two decapitated children's bodies have been discovered in the Hol reception and internment camp in north-eastern Syria. The victims are two girls aged 15 and 11, a spokeswoman for the administration of the camp near Hesekê said. They are said to be children of Egyptian parents. It is still unclear whether there is a family relationship between them.

The gruesome discovery of the bodies was made in the "Muhajirat" section on Monday. The camp management spoke of a "shameful act" attributed to the terrorist group "Islamic State" (ISIS). The security authority of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Asayish, has started an investigation and cordoned off the site. For tactical reasons, the Asayish did not want to give any further details about the case for the time being.

In the Muhajirat area in Hol Camp, families of foreign members of the so-called ISIS are held. From there, terror spreads to all other areas of the camp. ISIS terrorists loyal to the line have set up the Hisba force, modelled on the so-called Al-Khansa Brigade, the ISIS religious police for women. This force repeatedly commits atrocities and murders against people who do not adhere to the ISIS norms of behaviour. In addition, the force is responsible for indoctrinating children with ISIS ideology. The minors are then recruited into the ISIS youth organisation "Cubs of the Caliphate".  

HOL CAMP

Hol Camp is located about 40 kilometres east of the cantonment capital Hesekê in the Iraqi-Syrian border area and is the size of a city. It was built by the UNHCR for Iraqi refugees at the beginning of 1991 during the Second Gulf War. After being closed in the meantime, the camp was reopened during the Iraq War in 2003. Since the crushing of ISIS territorial rule by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in March 2019, the camp has been considered a ticking time bomb and breeding ground for ISIS, as it is mainly used to house women and children who previously lived in areas under ISIS control. The total population in the camp is currently around 55,000, with more than half of the residents being internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Iraq, most of them children.