One of the members of the Syrian Network for Human Rights was able to arrive at Taldo village about 9 o’clock, and he met some residents. Stories have been documented by some of the residents and activists, and he was able to tape videos with his personal cameras. Those videos are available and they have been uploaded on YouTube. The Syrian regime’s army shelled with heavy artillery and mortar the plains and villages of Al-Houla, Kafr Laha, Tal Al-Thahab, but the fiercest shelling centred on the village of Taldo. They regime’s army carried on the shelling for about 14 hours killing 11 victims and wounding scores of people.
The shelling has been followed by massive raid campaign launched by the Syrian regime’s security forces whose members belong to the villages of Al-Qabou and Filla that are regime loyalists to the regime. They raided a large number of houses and perpetrated systematic executions. They raided the villages neighbouring their own villages and executed men, women, children and the elderly. The largest number of executions was inflicted on the people of Taldo.
The regime’s security forces perpetrated executions, slaughter by bayonets. Then shot the victims, deformed and mutilated their bodies. They executed people in their houses and every one whom they came across, including 7 shepherds in the plains of Al-Houla.
The killings of 62 victims have been documented, and the figure is likely to increase significantly. Moreover, the Syrian regime denies all humanitarian, human rights, documentary and even media organizations from getting access to the Syrian lands. The victims include 30 kids and 13 women. We were able to confirm 16 names out of 62 victims.
1- Talal Bakkour
http://youtu.be/U3oj-Mgt3Gs
2- Usama Abdul Rahman Al-Faris, 20 years old.
http://youtu.be/zJahSsk-bFM
3- Haytham Al-Hallak, 36 years old.
4- Mamoun Mustafa Abdul Halim Barbar, 37 years old.
5- Raed Is-hak Mousa, 27 years old.
6- Gheyath Abdul Samad Sulaiman, 26 years old.
7- Muhammad Shafiq Abbara, 27 years old.
8- Umar Al-Sahib.
9- Ammar Abdul Al-Jwwad Abbara, 23 years old.
10- Husam Urabi.
http://youtu.be/b3pN5_zM7k0
11- Yakoub Husein Abdul Razzaq, 27 years old.
http://youtu.be/DFGxikMujco
12- Fatima Abdul A’l.
13- Mahmoud Al-Kurdi
14- Umar Al-Kurdi
15- Fadi Al-Kurdi
16- Mahmoud Fadi Al-Kurdi.
Videos documenting the massacre
– Five women and female infant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAprAaeEO3s&feature=youtu.be
– 11 children and 6 victims
http://youtu.be/FfS4QV1HxBw
– This video documents 23 victims at least, including 15 kid and 7 women.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrUyYLTnAu4&feature=youtu.be
– Homs- Al-Houla: a family who was extra judicially executed with gunshots at the hands of the regime militias 25-05-2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UICn6aqSrIk
– Homs- Al-Houla: burying the victims in mass grave, 26-05-2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0tBhxihA_0
– Videos documenting the wounded of the massacre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTuxEJ2FOMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtPU_KPeBjM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zOBTFiUQUk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9ZNvVZhwg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oizPNNTK98E
– Videos documenting the shelling that targeted Al-Houla.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgnnFostg0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zOBTFiUQUk
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) and Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) strongly condemn the horrible massacre that was inflicted on the people of Al-Houla before the eyes of the world. We hold the Syrian president, Chief of Staff, responsible for all the acts of killings, tortures and massacres that were perpetrated in Syria as he is the first Official responsible for giving those orders.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) and Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) consider all the Senior Officials leading the security apparatus and the military forces as direct partners in those acts, and demand the UN Security Council to undertake its responsibilities honestly and not to have double standards. The UN Security Council must refer all those officials who committed crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court (ICC) without any further delay or procrastination.