Saturday, June 9, 2012

Syria army kills 23 civilians amid massacre outcry

The Syrian army killed at least 23 civilians in two protest cities on Saturday, a watchdog said, as an international outcry mounted over a massacre in a central village.

UN observers who visited the village of Al-Kubeir, near Hama, said they witnessed blood on the walls and "a strong stench of burnt flesh," prompting Western governments to launch a push for tough new sanctions against Damascus.

Nine women and three children were among 17 people killed in a pre-dawn bombardment of a residential neighbourhood of the southern city of Daraa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/syria-army-kills-23-civilians-amid-massacre-outcry/523378

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