Judge Akram Ibrahim, head of the Criminal Court in Homs governorate, was injured along with his son Melad, who is a lawyer, on May 30, 2024, in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) of as yet unidentified source that was planted in Judge Akram’s car in al-Shammas neighborhood in Homs city. The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) is still trying to locate survivors and eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident.
SNHR condemns all bombings in residential areas. We call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in their areas, to investigate this incident, and to make the findings of the investigation known to the public. Syria will never have true stability without a genuine political transition process towards democracy within a fixed timetable.
