A Syrian lawmaker kidnapped by opposition jihadist fighters earlier this year was executed last week, observers said on Sunday.

A parliamentary source in Damascus, on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Mujhem al-Sahu from Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria had been executed, without specifying who was responsible.

The source said 50-year-old Sahu was killed in Deir Ezzor but gave no additional details.

Last month, observers reported that another Syrian lawmaker, Mohanna Faisal al-Fayyad, a Sunni, had been kidnapped by Islamist and jihadist opposition fighters.

They said Ahrar al-Sham rebel fighters and jihadists from the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant abducted Fayyad on Oct 27.

AFP

(China Daily 11/12/2013 page11)