On 28 April, a Free Syrian Police commander was killed by an IED in northern Idlib. Hours later pro-opposition activists reported that two members of Jaysh al-Izza were killed by unidentified gunmen in Khan Shaykhun while a commander belonging to Jaysh al-Ahrar was also killed on the same day. In response, an HTS security official accused Ahrar al-Sham of carrying out the assassinations.[14]