Video Shows Many Children Among The Dead
Beirut: Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime thugs swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks that killed more than 90 people, activists said on Saturday. The assault on Houla, near Homs, is one of the bloodiest single events in Syria’s 15-month-old uprising.
Activists from the region said regime forces peppered Houla with mortars following a large anti-regime protest on Friday. After the bombardment, pro-government thugs known as shabiha raided the villages, killing men on the streets and stabbing women and children in their houses. Amateur videos posted online showed scores of dead covered in sheets and blankets. One of the video showed 14 dead children lined up on the ground, shoulder to shoulder.
The Syrian government blamed the massacre on “armed terrorist groups”. The killings strike a stiff blow to an international peace plan brokered by envoy Kofi Annan meant to end the violence in Syria. AP
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