The inhumane practices against civilians in Afrin by the invading Turkish state and their allied gangs continue. Gangs in Afrin put citizen Fayîk Îbrahim through inhumane torture and confiscated all his money. Îbrahim had returned to the city to visit his family after 5 years of working to save money in Turkey.

Îbrahim lives in Jindirese in Afrin, and had moved to Turkey 5 years ago to find work. He worked various jobs there, and wasn’t able to return home for 5 years due to the clashes along the Northern Syrian borderline.The Turkish soldiers and their allied gangs who looted Afrin and implemented barbaric practices in the city have started to announce that Afrin is safe and secure through the media. Îbrahim was tricked by the false news on Turkish media regarding the city, and returned with the hope to see his family. He was abducted by the gangs upon his return.

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Îbrahim said the gangs confiscated his bags as soon as he returned to Afrin through the Bab border gate and continued: “I went to a relative’s house in Afrin. Two days later, the gangs raided the house and abducted me. They held me in jail for 4 days. The people there were all Kurdish and we were subjected to severe torture.”

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Îbrahim said the gangs abduct the civilians out of nowhere and demanded ransom from their families: “They asked for ransom for me too. I gave them the money I saved working in Turkey and they released me.”

Îbrahim lost all his money to the gangs, and couldn’t reach the Jindirese district he was born in and longed for. Îbrahim said Afrin was turned into a torture center and added: “They collect tribute from all shopkeepers. They steal crops from farmlands.”

Îbrahim said he decided to leave Afrin after the torture he was subjected to: “So I paid the gangs again to leave Afrin. They left me in the Kimarê village in Sherawa. There I walked to another village.

Îbrahim is staying in the Shehba canton now, and calls for the people to not return until Afrin is liberated from gangs.