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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Three missing members of the Kurdish National Council of Syria (KNC, ENKS) in the city of Efrin in Rojava have been found burnt to death, an official from the council, told Rudaw.Abdulrehman Apo, member of the ENKS central committee also told Rudaw on Monday that four more people were also wounded.Apo accused the ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD) of killing and wounding his party’s members after they had gone missing on December 19.Hassan Khalil, the brother of Izzat Khalil, one of the victims, also revealed to Rudaw the PYD had forcefully conscripted his brother.“Izzat together with his cousin and a neighbor named Abdo Mohammed were forcefully taken to join the PYD,” he said, adding that after they refused to join the party units, “they were burned to death.”The ENKS strongly condemned the act and reiterated that the PYD was behind the killing of his members.The ENKS is an umbrella group of several Kurdish parties in Syria who have maintained relations with the outside world including the Kurdistan Region.As the two Kurdish parties have always been at odds, the PYD has in the past arrested many ENKS leaders and expelled tens of its members to the Kurdistan Region on alleged violations of law. This move has escalated political rivalries in Rojava.In early December PYD supporters and their Asayish forces in Amuda city attacked ENKS buildings, destroying their facilities and burning the Kurdish flag, claimed officials from the council.Rudaw could not independently verify the ENKS reports.