SDF: ISIS killed 7 members who tried to surrender to SDF in prison

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Media Center reported that an intra-fighting has erupted among ISIS prisoners inside the Ghweiran Prison in Hesekê city. Accordingly, a group of ISIS prisoners killed 7 members who tried to surrender to SDF forces.

The SDF also reported that ISIS mercenaries didn’t allow roughly 289 families to leave the Al-Zuhour neighborhood, to the west of the prison, to reach safe areas under SDF control.

Late on Thursday evening, a coordinated mass breakout attempt took place from Hesekê’s Sina detention centre in the Xiwêran (Ghweiran) district, where around 5,000 supporters and members of the terrorist organisation “Islamic State” are being held. The ISIS tried to storm the detention centre from the outside, while a riot broke out inside. The attack and uprising were thwarted by the Internal Security Forces (Asayîş). While heavy fighting then ensued, the attackers and some prisoners who had managed to break out fled to the nearby residential district of Zihûr (Al-Zohour). The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which had arrived in the evening to provide support, sealed off the neighbourhood and the area around Sina prison with a wide security corridor. After the attack, the SDF and Asayish maintained control around the prison.

In the meantime, the SDF announced on Friday that 89 mercenaries who tried to escape from prison have been captured. Earlier today, the SDF killed 5 attackers, including a Chinese.