Legal Documentation | Mutilation of the Body of a Kurdish Marty
📍 Location: Aleppo – Sheikh Maqsoud Neighborhood
📅 Date: January 9, 2025
🎥 Video recorded on: January 8, 2026, on the outskirts of the Ashrafieh neighborhood, Aleppo
Jihadists members of the 60th Division, an armed terrorist faction affiliated with the Ministry of Defense of the Damascus government under the de facto authority, carried out acts of dragging, abuse, and mutilation of the body of a Kurdish martyr after killing him.
📹 Visual Documentation:
The incident is accompanied by video footage showing the same perpetrators recording the crime themselves, openly boasting and expressing pride in their actions. The footage constitutes clear and complete evidence of a war crime.
🗣️ Hate Speech Accompanying the Crime:
During the mutilation of the body, Takbir chants were heard alongside deeply degrading and dehumanizing language, including:
• “A pig has been trampled”
• “Allahu Akbar… carcasses”
These acts constitute a serious violation of human dignity and represent grave breaches of international humanitarian law, including the prohibition of mutilation and degrading treatment of the dead.
