According to reports provided by local sources, members of the invading Turkish army and allied Al-Nusra, FSA and ISIS gangs in Afrin are forcibly breaking into the houses of people, abducting and torturing them. The gangs are reportedly asking for ransom for some of the people they have kidnapped.

Civilians Mihemed Şêxo, Eshed Hukkaş and Henan Hukkaş from Afrin’s Sheqmaqa village have been abducted by the invaders. While İsmail Bilal was released in return for 500 thousand Syrian liras after his abduction, Hekim Mihemmed was severely tortured, wrapped in a blanket and abandoned in the village in a half dead state.

On the other hand, Turkish intelligence members have kidnapped civilians Ehmed Casım, Egid Ömer Bilar, Hisên Şêxo from the village of Xirabê Sulukê.

The locals abducted by the invaders include İbrahim Evdo, Rêzan Evdo, Suphi Settaf and Zeki Mehmût Memo from Xirabê Sulukê village, 50 years old Hikmet Beko, 20 years old Ruken Hebeş and 23 years old Line Hebeş from other villages.