Foreign doctor injured in stabbing attack in Syria's al-Hol camp: Report
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was injured in a knife attack in the notorious al-Hol camp on Wednesday.
The local Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported that the victim--whose first name is Alachi and is reportedly from Ethiopia--was attacked with a sharp object with “the intention of killing him.”
Other unnamed sources confirmed the incident to Kurdistan 24. According to ANHA, after the attack, the ICRC withdrew its staff from the camp.
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On Tuesday, unknown gunmen assassinated the doctor Abd al-Mufdi in al-Tayana town in the eastern Deir al-Zor countryside and the Kurdish paramedic Bassem Muhammad in al-Hol.
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There are about 60,000 residents in the al-Hol camp. The majority of the facility's residents are Iraqis and Syrians. However, many foreign residents also live there, many of whom are believed to have ISIS links.
Local authorities have attempted to reduce pressure on the camp by repatriating Iraqis and expediting the departure of displaced Syrian families. Recently, 95 Iraqi families were repatriated from al-Hol.
In the last two months, there has been an uptick in violence and ISIS activities in the camp. According to SOHR statistics, ISIS-affiliated suspects carried out ten murders in al-Hol in December 2021, all Syrians or Iraqis.
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At least three people in al-Hol were killed this month, including the paramedic and an Iraqi refugee. The terrorist organization has created instability in the camp by smuggling in weapons.