A/HRC/20/37 (f) Violence against women. According to the Government, there were many cases where citizens had been held up on highways, with women raped before being shot. The Government reported on other cases where women had been kidnapped and forced to become sex slaves by “terrorist armed groups”, reportedly in detention facilities under their control; (g) Violence against children. According to the Government, “terrorist armed groups” had lured several children into carrying out terrorist operations for money, and reportedly kidnapped and killed children (as in the case of a boy named “Adnan Amran”, less than 9 years old, whose body was found on the rooftop of a building in Al-Ladhiqiyah). According to the Government, children had been killed to put pressure on their parents (as in the case of the son of the Grand Mufti of the Syrian Arab Republic, Saria Hassoun); (h) Violations of the right to food. According to the Government, “terrorist armed groups” had destroyed sources of staple food, olive groves and water resources relied on by farmers. In some areas, farmers had reportedly been prevented from reaching their farms and gathering their harvest; (i) Violations of the right to health. According to the Government, “terrorist armed groups” had kidnapped and killed doctors, raped nurses, shelled hospitals and stolen and destroyed medical supplies. The Government underlined the psychological suffering of Syrian citizens as a result of these acts; (j) Violations of the right to education. The Government stated that “terrorist armed groups” had deprived citizens of their right to education by preventing children and students from going to school and university in some governorates and by using schools as a base for their terrorist operations; (k) Incidents of theft and sabotage. The Government reported that there had been 1,292 incidents of looting, 2,256 cases of theft of vehicles and 2,618 cases of sabotage of private and public property from the beginning of the events to 15 March 2012. According to the Government, the financial losses of the electricity sector caused by the attacks of “terrorist armed groups” exceeded 334 million Syrian pounds during the period from 1 to 17 April 2012; (l) Transportation sector. The Government reported that “terrorist armed groups” had killed eight employees of the Ministry of Transport, and had kidnapped another 14. The fate of eight of them remained unknown. The Government added that “terrorist armed groups” deliberately targeted buses used to transport Ministry employees. The Government also added that “terrorist armed groups” had stolen the identification cards of State employees to perpetrate terrorist operations. According to the Government, damage to the Ministry of Transport up until the end of February 2012 exceeded an estimated 3.8 billion Syrian pounds as a result of attacks by “terrorist armed groups”. 12. In a note verbale dated 7 April 2012, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic stated that it was continuing its investigations into human rights violations and would hold the perpetrators accountable. It stated that it had received more than 4,800 complaints. The Government reported that a number of commissioned officers with different ranks, including two brigadier generals, non-commissioned officers and elements of the national security and armed forces, were facing trial, and that 74 members of the public forces of order had been punished. The Government stated that it would continue to investigate all alleged human rights violations. 6