KURDWATCH, October 10, 2012—On September 28, 2012, Rashid Habib, member of the People's Protection Units, was fatally shot at a checkpoint in the mainly Kurdish district of Shaykh Maqsud in Aleppo. According to the People's Protection Units, he was caught in a shootout between regime supporters and members of the Free Syrian Army. Habib was buried near ʿAfrin the same day.