The Internationalist Commune of Rojava paid tribute to five young girls who were killed by a Turkish drone in a school in Heseke while they were playing volleyball.
On 19 August 2022, five young girls were murdered in a school in Heseke in Northern and Eastern Syria. They were playing volleyball when they were bombed by a Turkish drone. This was not an accident, but a targeted assassination.
Four of the girls, Rania Eta, Zozan Zedan, Dilan Ezedin, and Diyana Elo died immediately. The fifth girl, Silava Remedan, died days later from her injuries.
The Internationalist Commune of Rojava paid tribute to the five girls with a statement and a video.
The statement said: "The targets of these attacks are precisely selected and have symbolic value. They are commanders of the military self-defense forces, politicians, people who participate in the Autonomous Administration or young people who organize themselves in the youth movement. The Turkish state, by means of its new warfare, is trying to silence all the people who have taken a pioneering role in a political-ethical society. Thus, the Erdogan regime wants to destroy the revolution."
The statement added: "The attack on these five young girls has a symbolic meaning. The whole world has understood that the revolution of Rojava draws its energy from the spirit and organizing power of young women and girls. The Turkish state itself admits this fact with this attack. But the daughters of this revolution will not be intimidated. With each attack, the determination to defend this revolution and all its people grows bigger!"
