Interview with a mother who lost her children and relatives to al-Qubeir massacre.
This is an interview conducted by an activist with a mother who lost her children and relatives to al-Qubeir massacre in Hama. Since she has survived the massacre, international observers and Arab and international investigation committees can contact her. She affirms that the Syrian regime’s army in cooperation with security forces Shabeehas have perpetrated this massacre which is a crime against humanity.
We call on the international community to take urgent and immediate measures to practice pressure on the Syrian regime to grant international investigations committees access to examine the circumstances of the massacre. The Syrian regime is obscuring evidence of the massacre by burning some bodies and abducting others. This explains why it has not given access to international observers to see the site of the massacre till now.
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Summary of the testimony given by this mother:
There were about 25 families in this village. When the regime’s forces and shabeehas came, we were inside our houses. They opened machinegun fire, blew up and shelled houses with residents inside. Moreover, they stabbed and slaughtered children by knives and choppers. Then they burned them. People say that shabeehas came from the neighbouring villages of Aseeleh, Twaini and Tal Skeen. They came by 3 buses and a tank. Only five or 6 people, including 3 men and 2 women, have survived the massacre. They slaughtered my children by knives. The message I want to send to the world is that the regime’s army and militias have slaughtered our men and children, and may God help us.
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