A/HRC/23/58 3. (a) Incidents remaining under investigation Abel village 43. The rural village of Abel (Homs) was allegedly the site of a battle between FSA and government forces in late March. Thirteen people were killed, including five women and four children. The bodies were apparently burned. (b) Al-Burj 44. On 30 March, in Al-Burj (Homs), 11 people, including eight women, were killed in circumstances that could amount to summary execution. Government and armed groups traded accusations. (c) Tartous, Homs highway 45. On 10 April, a Bedouin family staying on a roadside near an Alawite village was attacked and killed. The mother, father and seven children (all under 18 years of age) and the grandmother were murdered in their tents. Locals who filmed the scene blamed Government-affiliated militia, while distant family members appeared on television blaming “terrorist gangs”. (d) Jdeidet al-Fadel 46. Multiple accounts concerned incidents in Jdeidet al-Fadel (south-western Damascus), between 15 and 24 April. Anti-government armed groups were present in the town, which was home to thousands of internally displaced persons. The FSA purportedly overtook a checkpoint outside nearby Jdeidat Artouz, prompting a Government military operation on 15 April by the 100th Regiment and the 4th Division. Access to the area was blocked by Government snipers. As fighting intensified, the civilian population and hundreds of opposition fighters were trapped inside. Individuals fleeing were killed, though it could not be confirmed whether they were fighters or civilians. Multiple allegations of extrajudicial executions of anti-government fighters were recorded. (e) Nubul 47. Nubul, a Shia village in Aleppo, has been under siege by anti-government armed groups since July 2012. In an effort to bring food and medicine to the village, and acting on information that passage would be allowed, 30 to 40 men from Nubul left for Afrin in midApril. Near Al Ziyara village, the convoy was ambushed and 15 to 20 men were killed; the rest were detained. Evidence indicates that some of the men in the convoy may have been lightly armed for protection against attack. The commission could not confirm the circumstances, and therefore the legality, of their deaths. Allegations that the bodies were mutilated were uncorroborated. (f) Khirbat Al Souda 48. On 15 May, government forces entered Khirbat Al Souda (western Homs) in an apparent effort to attack opposition forces there. Allegations of summary execution were made afterwards based in part on video evidence. (g) Execution of prisoners in three governorates 49. Investigations are ongoing as to whether, in response to an attack by antigovernment armed groups, security officials in Gherz central prison in March, Sednaya prison in April and Aleppo prison in May, executed inmates in an attempt to stave off attack. 10