Son of Hezbollah official films rape, torture of Syrian boy

According to reports, the names of the perpetrators are Hadi Qamar, Mustafa Sha’shoua and Hassan Sha’shoua.

The video, showing the three man verbally and physically abusing the boy, went viral on social media, with Syrian and Lebanese users calling for the perpetrators’ arrest and prosecution.

“Three Lebanese men raped a 13-year-old Syrian refugee, taking pictures as they took turns abusing him,” a Twitter user posted under the hashtag #العدالة_للطفل_السوري (Justice for the Syrian boy).

“Until they are arrested, here are the pictures of these fanatic monsters. I hope everyone posts them,” the tweet said.

“These rapists need to be tortured [and] then executed,” posted Jordanian user Sara. “Keep tweeting this…#justice_for_the_syrian_child.”

The terrorist militia is pressuring the boy’s mother not to press charges against the perpetrators, the Middle East Monitor reported, citing local media.

“Yesterday, my brother-in-law showed me the tragedy after it spread online,” the mother told Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar (The Day). “I couldn’t bare seeing my child suffer.”

The boy reportedly told his mother he had been subjected to repeated cases of similar abuse over the past two years, according to Al Arabiya. “He said he was raped by seven men in the juice shop. They’re all relatives and from the town of Sohmor.”

“Regardless of nationality, when the victim is a child who has been raped and abused for three years, it is a huge tragedy,” Syrian actress Kinda Alloush said in response to the disturbing video. “The rapist is a criminal who deserves punishment regardless of his nationality.”

Alloush continued, saying the public demands that “justice be served and the largest penalties be imposed on the criminals, especially as their names have become known.”

According to Gulf News, Amira Sukkar, head of the Union for the Protection of Juveniles in Lebanon, told Lebanese media legal action was taken.

“We reported the incident to the police and spoke to the Public Prosecution and began the investigations,” Sukkar reportedly said. The boy, said Sukkar, “feels like he’s guilty of this crime” following the traumatic event.

One of the men suspected of sexually assaulting the boy has been arrested, Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces said in a statement Thursday.

“According to the investigations, and as mentioned in the statement, eight men suspected of assaulting the child have been identified,” the forces said. “One of them has been arrested and searches of those in hiding continue.”