A/HRC/30/31 according to witness accounts, the Popular Committees reportedly launched an attack in early July 2014 that resulted in, inter alia, the destruction of a school in Beit al-Fakih and the Dar al-Quran Mosque in Amran city. On 11 July 2014, the Al-Salam mosque was reportedly occupied by the Popular Committees during the Friday sermon. 34. OHCHR received reports that, on 21 February 2015, in Lahj Governorate, three civilians were killed as a result of shelling from the Anad Military Base, which is controlled by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. OHCHR interviewed witnesses but was unable to verify the presence of any military targets that would justify these attacks. 35. On 31 March 2015, at least 20 employees at a cement factory in Lahj were killed and 36 others injured as a result of shelling from Al-Anad military base. The base was under the control of the Houthi and Saleh armed groups when the attack took place. Vehicles and buildings were also destroyed. OHCHR documented structural damage to three hospitals and 13 educational institutions in Al-Dhali Governorate as a result of intense indiscriminate shelling, from 25 to 27 March, targeting residential areas by the 33rd Armoured Brigade loyal to former President Saleh. According to information received by OHCHR, the hospitals affected included Al-Nasr Hospital (operated by Medecins sans Frontières) in Qasha’, Al-Salamah Hospital and Al-Dhali Hospital. Educational institutions damaged by shelling include Al-Jumrok Faculty of Education, the Tadhamon Faculty of Education and the Al-Dhali Community College. 36. On 10 April 2015, two civilians were killed and five others were injured as a result of shelling allegedly by members of the Popular Committees. The shelling hit the Al-Salam Area, Khormaksar District, Aden. All seven victims were inside their homes, which were destroyed by the shelling launched during violent clashes near the Badr military base. 37. On 22 April 2015, in one incident in Crater District, in Aden, a child was shot in the head and killed, and a man and a woman from the same family injured as a result of what was apparently a sniper attack launched from the Al-Yafai building in the Al-Qate’e area. It is believed that the area was controlled by the Popular Committees. 38. On 6 May 2015, a civilian was shot in the head and killed, allegedly by a sniper on the roof of the Education College building in Al-Humaira village, Al-Dhali, under the control of the Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis. 39. On 16 May 2015, in Al-Mesrakh city (Taizz Governorate), eight civilians, including four children and three women, were killed and two women and a child were wounded as a result of artillery shelling reportedly launched from the position of the 22nd Armoured Brigade, affiliated with the Popular Committees. 40. On 30 May 2015, in Sanah district (Al-Dhali Governorate), two civilians were killed, including a woman, while 12 others were injured, including three children, as a result of artillery shelling apparently launched from the area of the Al-Menshar military location in Khobar. The attack was reportedly launched by members of the Popular Committees and the 33rd Armoured Brigade loyal to former President Saleh. OHCHR received reports that members of the Popular Committees and the 33rd Armoured Division loyal to former President Saleh were shelling the villages of Khobar, Al-Kabeh, Al-Rebat, Lakmaht Salah and Jouss Al-Jamal. The number of civilian casualties could therefore be even higher. 41. On 9 June 2015, in the area of Sanah, Al-Dhali, seven civilians were killed, including four children, and nine others, including a child, were injured as a result of shelling by the 33rd Armoured Brigade loyal to former President Saleh. In the same incident, 13 private houses were moderately or severely damaged. 42. On 11 June 2015, a child was reportedly killed after sustaining a gunshot wound to the arm. Family members who witnessed the incident and interviewed by OHCHR reported 9

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