Dressed entirely in black from head to toe with his face and head completely covered in black cloth, the undertaker talks about the horrors he witnessed, working as one of the civilian workers in the mass grave in Syria from 2011 to 2018. While the undertaker is leaving. Syria in 2018, he said he had talked to others who had fled the country recently, and said he had been told that mass graves were still being dug. The undertaker gave a prepared declaration through an interpreter.
The Syrian civil war began in 2011 as a peaceful uprising against al-Assad. The war, which has now lasted more than a decade, has killed about 400,000 Syrians and left millions displaced by the conflict, both inside and outside Syria.
Prior to the war, the undertaker worked as an “administrative officer in Damascus municipality”, but in 2011 “regime intelligence officers” visited his office and ordered him to work for them.
“When the regime asks for something, you don’t say ‘no.’ I wasn’t prepared for the horrors of my duties,” the undertaker said through an interpreter.
“Every week, twice a week, three trailers arrived, full of 300 to 600 bodies of victims of torture, bombing and slaughter. Twice a week, three to four pickups carrying 30 to 40 civilian bodies were executed at Sedna Prison. they also arrived for disposal in the most inhumane way, “said the undertaker.
The undertaker managed to escape from Syria in 2018 and “followed his family in Europe”. He testified before a German court in Koblenz about the horrors he witnessed. Because of other people he has worked with who have recently fled, he knows that mass graves are still being dug today, he said.
“My heart is heavy with the awareness that many are currently experiencing inhuman torture at the hands of the Assad regime,” the undertaker said through an interpreter. “In some I know exactly where they are piled up in mass graves that are still being dug today. I know this because others who have worked with me on mass graves have recently escaped and confirmed what we heard.”
The gravedigger said that the longer the war lasts and Assad is in power, the more he gives Russian President Vladimir Putin a chance.
“Giving Assad a chance gives Putin a chance, stopping Assad hurts the Russian dictator. We must finally learn from the past and not allow this moment to ever happen again,” he said.
The undertaker spoke about the horrors of his time, working in places for mass graves. In one case, a man who was dumped from a truck with other dead bodies made a move, signaling that he was still alive.
“One of the civilian workers said, he started crying, he said we had to do something,” the undertaker said. “The intelligence officer in charge of us ordered the bulldozer driver to run him over, the driver could not hesitate, otherwise he would be next. He ran over the man in the trenches, killing him. As for the young man in our workshop who dared to shed tears for the victim of the Assad regime, we never saw him again. “
The undertaker called on senators to “take action”.
“Although hundreds of thousands have already been killed and disappeared and millions have been displaced, the worst is yet to come. It can be prevented. But please don’t wait another second. Please take action, “said the undertaker.
CNN contacted the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and did not receive a response at the time of publication.
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