Syria: ISIS kidnaps over 250 Christians as sex-slave price list leaked
The Islamic State has reportedly abducted about 250 Christians from the province of Homs, Syria as the existence of an ISIS pricing list, detailing the prices for young women in the sex trafficking market, has been confirmed on the authority of a United Nations official.
The pricing list, which was previously reported on in 2014 by Iraqi News, has now been confirmed by United Nations special envoy on sexual violence.
The Christian abductions happened this week during fighting between ISIS militants and government soldiers in Al Quaryatayn, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The abduction included 45 women, 19 children and 11 families, the SOHR said. Christian Today reports that the Christians were chosen by name from ISIS lists.
The founder of A Demand for Action, Nurio Kino, said relatives of the captives haven’t been able to contact them.
photo/Islamic State flag
“It’s like living in this horrifying drama that never ends,” he said. “People are completely afraid.
“It [an ISIS attack] always happens so suddenly and the Church is never prepared. People are running around searching for their loved ones, and children…these are innocent people, not part of this war.
“He [the bishop] is crying – what is he supposed to do? All those clergy to last these three years in Syria and Iraq, my God are they heroes.”
ISIS decided to impose price controls over the sale of women and their “spoils,” says the Iraqi news report.
- A (Yazidi or Christian) woman, aged 40 to 50 years, is for 50,000 dinars. ($43)
- The rate of a (Yazidi or Christian) woman, aged 30 to 40 years, is 75,000 dinars. ($65)
- The rate for a (Yazidi or Christian) woman, aged 20 to 30 years, is 100,000 dinars. ($87)
- A (Yazidi or Christian) girl, aged 10 to 20 years, is for 150,000 dinars. ($130)
- A (Yazidi or Christian) child’s price, aged 1 to 9 years, is 200,000 dinars. ($174)
See a copy of the “price list” for yourself – click here
Conversions added per The Dispatch
