The protester, 52 years old, died of his wounds from the gunfire of the security forces who secured a government building and opened fire on protesters. He is the first person killed in the protests that have been taking place in the region since last year.
The leader of the Druze community, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, met with the protesters today and said that the dead man was a "martyr" Sweida District was among the few areas in Syria that did not experience the devastation of the civil war that has been raging since 2011.