UN investigators have reported Reporting that some witnesses and survivors stated Statement that the massacre Killing was committed Commitment by pro-government Shabiha .

In August 2012 UN investigators released Publishing a report Reporting which stated Statement that it was likely that Syrian troops and Shabiha militia were responsible for the massacre Killing , concluding Coming_to_believe that : `` On the basis of available evidence , the commission has a reasonable basis to believe that the perpetrators of the deliberate killing Killing of civilians , at both the Abdulrazzak and Al-Sayed family locations , were aligned to the Government .

Channel 4 news reported Reporting that Houla residents stated Statement that the Syrian military and government-hired Shabiha were the perpetrators of the massacre Killing , as claimed Statement by opposition groups .

Townspeople described Statement how Shabiha , who were thought to be men from Shia/Alawite villages to the south and west of Houla ( Kabu and Felleh were named Name_conferral repeatedly ) entered Arriving the town after several hours of shelling .