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Girl Killed in Armed Attack on Her Home in Homs
On the night of Tuesday-Wednesday, a horrific crime took place in the Al-Abbasiyah neighborhood of Homs, claiming the life of a young girl from the Shiite community. Unidentified gunmen reportedly threw a hand grenade at the balcony of her home, causing severe injuries that led to her immediate death. Following the attack, the perpetrators fled to an unknown destination. The girl’s house is located near the General Security office in the neighborhood.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights strongly condemned the crime, stressing that targeting civilians, especially children, constitutes a blatant violation of human rights and international law. The Observatory called for the swift identification and prosecution of the perpetrators to ensure they are held accountable under the law and do not escape justice.
This incident adds to a grim record of retaliatory violence and targeted killings witnessed in Syria since the beginning of 2025, during which 938 people have been killed, including 888 men, 30 women, and 19 children. The victims were distributed across the provinces as follows:
Damascus: 44 victims (43 men, 1 woman), with 25 sectarian-related cases.
Rif Dimashq: 86 victims (84 men, 2 women), with 17 sectarian-related cases.
Homs: 315 victims (291 men, 17 women, 7 children), with 188 sectarian-related cases.
Hama: 183 victims (174 men, 5 women, 4 children), with 116 sectarian-related cases.
Latakia: 93 victims (83 men, 4 women, 6 children), with 72 sectarian-related cases.
Aleppo: 76 male victims, with 3 sectarian-related cases.
Tartus: 69 victims (67 men, 1 woman, 1 child), with 29 sectarian-related cases.
Idlib: 18 male victims, with no sectarian-related cases.
As-Suwayda: 5 male victims, with 3 sectarian-related cases.
Daraa: 39 victims (38 men, 1 child).
Deir ez-Zor: 9 male victims.
