An eyewitness from the village told North Press that the body belonged to Mahyar al-Aweid, from the countryside of Hama, west central Syria. He was identified through identification papers that were in his pocket.
A military source from the region said al-Aweid was arrested eight months ago when he came from Raqqa in an attempt to enter SNA-held areas to immigrate from there to Europe.
Civil Police, affiliated with the SNA, recorded the perpetrator as unknown in the register, then transferred the body to Tel Abyad Hospital to be buried later since he had no relatives present in the region, according to the source.
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North Press reached out to official authorities in the region, but they did not comment on the incident.