ARMED GROUP BEHEADED PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CHILD IN SYRIA [GRAPHIC]
(We only publish the following photographs to show the faces of the people who committed this war crime and help to bring them to justice.)
11 y/o Palestinian refugee child named Abdullah Issa has been beheaded in the town of Handarat in Syria by a relatively minor rebel group, the Nour al-Din al-Zinki Movement which controls part of the Aleppo countryside.
Handarat, north of Aleppo, is the site of the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein El Tal. An approximate 7000 people have lived in the refugee camp.
Abdullah Issa was captured there, beaten and possibly tortured, publicly mocked and forced to say that he was a 'fighter' for pro-regime forces and then beheaded.
His treatment and murder was photographed and videotaped.
It seems he was targeted because he was recognized as being a Palestinian.
His killers claimed that he would been a 'fighter' for Liwa al-Quds, a minor pro-regime Palestinian armed group. Although the use of child soldiers is common, use of children of his age is still relatively rare and Liwa al-Quds has operated mainly south of Aleppo but allegedly has presence in the area, taking part in regime efforts to recapture Handarat.
Nour al-Din al-Zinki Movement has been backed by France, Great Britain, Turkey, United States and the Gulf monarchies. It has been part in various shifting alliances including with Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front of which the former claims to be studying the boy's murder.
Few days ago a Palestinian activist belonging to Fatah was shot dead near a bakery in the Yarmouk refugee camp. The area he was killed is under the control of the Islamic State, which had imprisoned him several times in the past.
(Thanks to Younes Arar for bringing this to our attention.)
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