Family members of Hussain Bandar Al-Anzi, who was killed at a checkpoint in Homs, Syria last month have slammed the lack of cooperation of the Syrian authorities. They claim the authorities are ignoring them and are deliberately stalling the search for Hussain's body. Waleed Muhammad Al-Anzi told Okaz/Saudi Gazette: “More than 10 days of negotiations have not resulted in any progress being made in recovering the body of Hussain or identifying and arresting his murderers”. He praised the efforts of the Saudi Embassy in Damascus in pressuring the Syrian authorities to find the body and send it back to the Kingdom. However, he admitted that “at this point the negotiations aim to ensure that the body is safe and that its sanctity has not been violated”. Hussain Al-Anzi was killed by unidentified gunmen in Homs during a visit to his uncles in November. Bandar Al-Khaldi, Hussain's father, said that his son was traveling to Damascus International Airport when he was stopped by officers at a checkpoint. Bandar said: “The Syrian officers asked Hussain to show them his passport and then they started using improper words before killing him brutally.” He added that Hussain was shot several times at close range. “Both his uncles were killed as well. My son showed them all his IDs and traveling papers; nevertheless, they killed him,” Hussain's father recounted. __
