Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Syrian activists report bodies dumped on the streets of Homs



Reports of 34 dead, apparently kidnap victims, found after 'one of the deadliest days since the start of the revolution'

Ian Black, Middle East editor
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 6 December 2011

"Syrian opposition activists have reported dozens of bodies dumped on the streets of the central city of Homs in one of the worst single incidents of violence in the nine-month uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 34 dead, apparently kidnap victims, had been found after what it called "one of the deadliest days since the start of the Syrian revolution." It quoted an activist from Homs's al-Zahra neighbourhood as saying that they had been abducted by members of the feared Shabiha militia. Monday's death toll for the country was 50, it said......"

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