Publish Date: 15 September 2016 - 13:32

DEIR EZZOR, Sep. 15 (MNA) – People of al-Tabani town, located in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor province, killed 17 terrorists affiliated to the ISIL terrorist organization who tried to attack the city, murder its people and steal its properties.

Local sources stated that ferocious clashes erupted between al-Tabani town's people and ISIL terrorists who attempted to attack and storm into the town. The clashes caused the death of 17 terrorists and the injury of many others.

The sources added that the ISIL organization kidnapped three families, including women and children, while they were leaving the town and took them to unknown place and targeted the town with mortar shells.

Yesterday, terrorists from ISIL committed a massacre in which they slit the throats of 19 people with knives and mutilated their bodies in Deir Ezzor.

SANA/MNA