Afrinpost-Special
Islamic militias affiliated with the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood recently released three Yezidi Kurds after a period of kidnapping and payment of ransoms to the militants.
According to information obtained by the correspondent of “Afrinpost”, the Kurdish youth, “Ezidikhan Aref Esso, 32 years old” from the village of “Faqira” of the district of Jenderes, was released in exchange for payment of up to 15 million Syrian pounds, while the His relatives threatened to keep the ransom secret or would be kidnapped again.
The young man was kidnapped on 14 September by the militia “Hamza Division” of the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood, where the militia demanded a financial ransom of 12 million pounds for his release, but the gunmen later raised the ransom to 20 million Syrian pounds, in excess of the first ransom by 8 million pounds!
The other two released by the gunmen were the couple, Said Gharib Husu, 58, and his wife, Ghalia Hussein, 51, who were abducted at the end of September by the military police of the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood , from their home on the western highway in the city of Afrin, with the aim of extortion and financial ransom, after filing charges previously prepared for them, such as dealing with the former “Self-Administration”.
Afrinpost correspondent was unable to confirm the amount the family is expected to have paid for their release by the military police militia, where Islamic militias continue to kidnap Kurds, in order to extort them financially and pressure them to displace, leading to a demographic change.
The abductor, “Hasso” and his wife, come from the village of “Jagli Jum” of the district of Jendiris, two Kurds Yezidis, where they live alone in the city of Afrin, while the militia “Military Police” had kidnapped “Hasso” before, and released him after being forced to pay ransom Financial amount of two million Syrian pounds.
Afrinpost correspondent said on October 1, that the kidnapped militia of the couple claim the existence of two family members belonging to the YPJ, and they are located in Shahba, which is denied by the family, which confirms that the two young women have traveled to Germany .
The correspondent of “Afrinpost” at the time that the militia hijacked and seized all the family property, including olive trees owned by them, where the family has vast olive properties in the villages of Julaka and poor and others, as the reporter pointed out that the main reason for the fabrication of these charges for the family, is to own a house In Afrin, the settlers had seized it, and when the Kurdish family demanded that the settlers pay them for their stay, they fabricated several charges for the family, including being loyal to “self-administration.”