QUWEIQ RIVER'S MASSACRE


  • Photographer
    JM Lopez
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Freelance
  • Date of Photograph
    January/March 2013
  • Technical Info
    Digital Images

On January 29, 2013 the bodies of at least 68 unidentified young men and boys, all executed with a single gunshot to the head or neck, were found in the Quweiq River, which separates the Bustan al-Qasr district from Ansari in the southwest of Aleppo, in a rebel-held area, adding to the grim list of massacres committed during Syria's war. One month and a half later more than 30 bodies were found at the same place and in the same way.

Story

On January 29, 2013 the bodies of at least 68 unidentified young men and boys, all executed with a single gunshot to the head or neck, were found in the Quweiq River, which separates the Bustan al-Qasr district from Ansari in the southwest of Aleppo, in a rebel-held area, adding to the grim list of massacres committed during Syria's war. During the following three days neighbours were gathered at the Yarmouk School in order to recognize their relatives and friends killed.
One month and a half later more than 30 bodies were found at the same place and in the same way, the story was repeated again.
Syria's opposition charged that 'global inaction' was giving Bashar al-Assad's regime a license to kill. Syria's war has killed more than 120,000 people and forced millions more to flee their homes.
The battle for control over Syria’s commercial capital, the city of Aleppo, arrived as part of the wider Syrian civil war involving most regions of the country today. This city has been split into rebel and regime-controlled areas since mid-summer 2012, when rebels launched a massive offensive to try to take Syria's second city.

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