Murder of Suzan Der Kirkour explained

Murder of Suzan Der Kirkour
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Date:	8-9 of July 2019
Location:	Al-Yaqoubiyeh, Idlib, Syria
Fatalities:	1 (Suzan Der Kirkour, 60 year old Armenian Christian)
Perp:	unknown, members of Al-Nusra Front suspected
Weapons:	Stoned to death

The Suzan Der Kirkour case concerns the rape and murder of an Armenian woman aged 60 in Idlib, Syria on 8-9 July 2019. Her death was mentioned by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which also verified the incident.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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Suzan Der Kirkour was a sixty-year-old Armenian woman (Christian by faith) - a retired gardener and Arabic teacher from al-Yaqoubiyeh village in Idlib, Syria. She used to provide various kind of help to the Kneye Village Church where she often helped youth achieve their baccalaureate.^[5]

The woman went missing on 8 July 2019. Worried by her absence, the priest sent parishioners to look for her. They found her lifeless body lying on the ground of her field on 9 July.

The autopsy revealed that Suzanne had suffered the torture of repeated rape since the afternoon of Monday until the early morning of Tuesday (for about 9 hours).^[6] Later, she was stoned to death by unidentified persons.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 11 were killed yesterday including 6 members of the regime and militiamen loyal to them and 5 other people • the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 July 2019.
2. https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Jihadists-stone-Christian-woman-to-death-in-Syria-595978 JIHADISTS RAPE, STONE CHRISTIAN WOMAN TO DEATH IN SYRIA
3. https://www.christianpost.com/news/muslim-extremists-in-syria-torture-rape-christian-woman-for-9-hours-before-stoning-her-to-death.html Muslim extremists in Syria torture, rape Christian woman for 9 hours before stoning her to death
4. https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/7/20/syrian-christian-woman-brutally-tortured-and-murdered-in-idlib Retired Syrian Christian woman brutally tortured and murdered in Idlib
5. Web site: 11 were killed yesterday including 6 members of the regime and militiamen loyal to them and 5 other people • the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 July 2019.
6. Web site: A Syrian Christian raped and killed in Idlib.
7. Web site: 11 were killed yesterday including 6 members of the regime and militiamen loyal to them and 5 other people • the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 July 2019.