Locals discovered the body of a man from al Boukamal city in the eastern suburbs of Deir Ez-Zour governorate, named as Belal Muhammad al Saeed, bearing signs of wounds inflicted with a sharp implement, in al Der’iya neighborhood in Raqqa city on January 19, 2021.
SNHR is unable to identify the party responsible for Belal’s killing, with the area currently controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces. Despite the controlling forces bearing responsibility for revealing the perpetrator’s identity, they have not launched any investigation, which increases the suspicion of their involvement in the killing.