The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries kidnapped civilians in Afrin, in the countryside of Aleppo

Aleppo-Sana

The mercenaries of the Turkish occupation of the terrorist groups continued their criminal acts against the people in the northern countryside of Aleppo, where they launched a campaign of raids and kidnappings against civilians and blackmailed their families to pay sums of money in exchange for their release in the Afrin region.

Local sources told SANA that terrorist groups of the so-called “military police” affiliated with the Turkish occupation forces raided some houses in the village of Maamal Oshaghi in Rajo district in Afrin region in the northern countryside of Aleppo and kidnapped a number of civilians and took them to an unknown destination.

The sources pointed out that the raids were accompanied by shooting to intimidate families, especially children and women, before terrorists kidnapped civilians to blackmail their families and demand exorbitant financial ransoms in foreign currency in exchange for their release.

The crimes of the Turkish occupation forces and its mercenaries come in the context of their systematic terrorist acts to pressure the people, forcing them to leave their homes, housing the terrorists supported by the Turkish regime, and seizing their properties and agricultural fields.