Unknown assailants have killed the son of a member of the Syrian security forces after kidnapping him and have dismembered his body, an informed source says. Talking to Press TV, the source added that police have launched an investigation into the incident and have arrested a suspect in relation to the killing.
“There are now two possibilities; one is that the murder was in line with the tribal killings, and the second, that it was committed by armed men who are killing and slaughtering people in Syria these days,” the source further said.
Most of the murders and the subsequent dismemberment of the bodies are attributed to Salafi groups backed by Saudi Arabia.
Syria has been experiencing unrest over the past months, with demonstrations held both against and in support of the country's President Bashar al-Assad.
The opposition accuses security forces of being behind the deaths of those killed during unrest. But, the government blames armed gangs for the deadly violence, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to bring those behind the killings to justice as several members of armed terrorist groups have been arrested so far.
In early June, at least 120 Syrian forces were killed when armed groups attacked them in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour.
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