A/HRC/18/53 When he finished hand writing this report, it was presented to all committee members, who equally signed it, this report has full power of an official document, and later was combined with the rest of investigation documents accordingly. 7. Mr. Ali Al Khateeb, father of the deceased, was called on June 1st, 2011, he willingly declared, after discussing the matter, that his son’s body was intact, and that no one has any interest in tampering with the cadaver, he formulated this opinion after viewing records related to medical and judicial examinations of the cadaver, records established by the committee of three medical doctors, in addition to viewing the photos taken in Damascus. He implored the committee to omit his presence and convictions from the official records, for fear of vengeance by extremists in Daraa. The committee decided to respect his wishes by not mentioning his statement in the official records. 8. To limit erroneous interpretations, the committee used Hamza Al Khateeb’s official birth certificate, issued by secretary of the civil registry, which included the following information: Name: Hamza. Family name: al Khateeb. Father name: Ali. Mother name: Samira. Registry: Daraa. Place and Date of registration: Al Jeeza, June 5th, 1998. Religion and Denomination: Islam. National Number: 12010118983. Sex: male. Date of Birth: May 27th, 2011. Marital Status: single. Name Serial: 83. Following the above mentioned procedures, the committee unanimously declares: 1. The cadaver arrived late at night on April 29th, 2011, to Teshreen Military Hospital in Damascus, a forensic examination of the cadaver took place according to regulations, short time after its arrival, examination was conducted in a comprehensive, scientific, technical and lawful manner. 2. The cadaver did not carry signs of violence except the perforations caused by fire arms previously described. 3. The cause of death is severe internal bleeding due to bullets wounds in three occasions: (a) Perforations caused by bullet entry at the lower part of the left upper arm, re-entered the chest from the left side, and exited at the middle of the sternum. (b) Perforation caused by bullet entry at waist’s right area, exited at the lower side of the back area. (c) Perforation caused by bullet entry and exit in the right upper arm. All three bullets were shot from a distance no less than one meter away from the victim. Shooting originated from one or several third party sources. Shooter(s), as well as the victim might have been moving at the time of shooting, they were on the same height. Bullets have damaged internal chest and abdomen organs and caused severe bleeding ended in death. Death is the result of the damages caused by bullet shots from a fire arm. 4. 116 No amputation of penis was observed, Dr. Ismael Abu Nabut had misjudged the situation in an earlier examination in Daraa on May, 24th, 2011, and later rectified his declaration in today’s report. The alteration of his statement is based on comparative technical and medical evidence presented in the photos taken in Damascus and Daraa, and discussed with a committee of three medical doctors who examined the cadaver on April 30th, 2011 in Damascus.