The Syrian regime has announced that 4-year-old Joy Stambouli, who was reported missing in front of her home in the Muhajirin district of Homs a few days ago, has been found “killed and abandoned in Tal al-El.” Nasr landfill in Homs,” the Interior Ministry said.
The ministry said on its Facebook account that “as a result of the preliminary investigation and as a result of a medical examination of her body, it was established that the body belonged to the girl Joy Stambouli, who has been missing since August 8, and her mother identified her through her clothes.” Established that “the cause of death was severe bleeding caused by a blow to the head with a sharp object.”
The judge decided to transfer the body to the family while investigations continue to establish the circumstances of the crime and arrest the perpetrators, the ministry said.
The director of the General Directorate of Forensic Medicine, Zaher Haijo, told Sham FM radio station that the girl’s apparent deformity was due to a state of disintegration, “decomposition of the body.” He indicated that death was caused by a blow with a sharp object on the left side of the girl’s head.
Several reports point to an increase in child abductions by unknown gangs in Syria, as security and economic conditions continue to deteriorate. And in February last year, the kidnapping of Fawaz Ketaifan’s child became one of the main street talks before the Syrian regime authorities announced his release from the kidnappers. Also at this time, an unknown gang kidnapped a Syrian citizen on the road connecting the cities of Homs and Damascus.
