Mohammad Shaaban talks

Mohammad Deib Jamal Shaaban narrated stories about acts of killing and kidnapping perpetrated by armed terrorist groups in Idleb, including the crime of assassinating son of Syria's Grand Mufti, the Martyr Sarya Hassoun.  Shaaban told the Syrian TV in an interview broadcast Thursday that he was working in the company of Syria Mega Azoz, then he joined a terrorist group in his village that comprised a number of his cousins and friends to perpetrate acts of looting, killing and kidnapping.  "I took part along with the group in killing a person from al-Shalkhi family and another person from Mutlak family. At 12.30 p.m. I was in al-Mashrou region while the group members were sitting near a roadblock that we set up in the area.. leader of the group Basem Shaaban asked him to remain at the roadblock and they went by car…," Shaaban said. He added "after an hour and a half, the group which included Ahmad Shaaban, Hussein Shaaban, Adham Iz, Abdallah al-Khateeb, yousef al-Akhim and Mohammad Khaled al-Akhim, returned with an injured person called Yossef." Shaaban said that members of the group met once again and went to abduct Mr. Rafik al-Mudalal with his son. They took him to a farm , tortured and killed him. "Several days later, I found Hussein and Mohammad Muaed al-Tahan and his brother Yassar, and Hassan al-Tahan sitting near my house. They were talking about a place called University of Ibla… Hassan told them that it was on the Aleppo-Damascus Highway… after two days, I heard one of them saying thanks God, we fulfilled the operation early… I asked them what are you talking about, they answered: we killed Mr. Sarya, son of the Mufti at the hands of Mohammad Muaed al-Tahan." Shaaban added that members of the armed group went to the university and waited for Sarya's car to come. Once it arrived, Mohammad Mouaiad al-Tahan got off the car and killed him and his counsin killed sarya's companion and then they ran away. He said that the armed group asked him to observe the owner of the factory he worked at, adding that he told them about the car his employer had and his work schedule. "When I asked them  why they want to know about the man, they told me that they wanted to assassinate him. The following day I was arrested," he concluded.