During the day, they took control of 12 industrial buildings and two malls.[107] In course of the clashes, Khattab Abou Ahmad, leader of the rebel Abu Amara Battalion, was killed.[21] Meanwhile, the 16th Division's leadership resigned after the rebel group had suffered heavy casualties during the fighting at al-Layramoun; al-Masdar News considered this as a sign that the 16th Division was collapsing.[28] Later that evening, as the Syrian Army advanced in al-Layramoun, the Tiger Forces captured two sites in and near the Castillo Complex, threatening to cut off the rebels remaining at Bani Zeid and al-Layramoun.[108]