HESEKÊ – Speaking to ANHA, Hol Camp Internal Security Forces member Ibrahim Mihemed said, “While our forces were performing their duties, they were attacked by an ISIS cell.”
Mihemed stated that the Internal Security Forces acted very carefully due to the presence of women and children in the camp, adding that many gang members were caught after the attack. Security sources informed that ISIS gangs used RBG type explosives in the attack and three military vehicles suffered material damage.
A video shows a damage veichle from the Internal Security Forces attacked by ISIS members:
It has been learned that the search continues in the 5th part of the camp. Due to the ongoing threat, a curfew was declared in the district of Hol and in the camp. Thousands of families of ISIS members stay in the Hol camp. In total, around 40 thousand people are in Hol, Roj and other camps.
On Tuesday, the General Media Center of the Internal Security Forces in North and East Syria issued a statement to public opinion, commenting on the attack launched by a cell of ISIS mercenaries inside the camp.
The statement reads:
“One of our security patrols, yesterday night, Monday, March 28, while touring the al-Hol Camp, had been targeted with Kalashnikovs and pistols, in addition to being targeted with RPGs. A clash took place between our forces and the cell elements, in which our forces were able to kill one of the mercenaries and wound others.
Our forces also dealt with complete sensitivity, professionalism and high professionalism in pursuing elements of the cell; In order to preserve the lives of the children and women of the ISIS families residing in the camp, the elements of the cell sought to hide among them, and targeted them.
The security cordon has also been reinforced in various sections of our forces, around the entire camp; To prevent the escape of any element of the cell, to arrest them.
