Family Confirms ISIL Holding Body of Canadian Killed in Syria

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The family of a Canadian killed in Syria two weeks ago, Nazzareno Tassone, has confirmed that ISIL is trying to “make a deal” in exchange for handing over his body. Tassone’s sister, Giustina, revealed on Wednesday that “Canada’s working on it.” An anti-ISIL volunteer fighter, Tassone, was killed when the terrorist group attacked his position on Dec. 21.

According to Giustina, Kurdish community leaders in Toronto have informed the family that ISIL “still had his body and they want to make a deal to hand it over.” However, Giustina claimed she had no clue about the details of ISIL’s demands but added that “we’ve been told that sometimes they either hand over money or they hand over ISIL bodies.” The family revealed to have spoken to their MP and that the Canadian embassy in Turkey have also been informed. She explained that “they know what’s going on and they’re working on getting him back.”

Tassone left Edmonton in June to join the People’s Protection Units, also known as the YPG, the Kurdish militia that has been fighting ISIL in the region of northern Syria they call Rojava. Another international fighter, who met Tassone there, mentioned that “he told me he wanted to go to Rojava to fight Daesh,” adding that “he felt Canada wasn’t doing enough to help so it was his job to step up.” He stated that “pretty idiosyncratic — he didn’t take part in the Kurdish communal life as much.”

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