Thursday, March 24, 2011

Revolt in Syria, 15 killed in two days

 - For the past week in Syria, the revolt broke out anti-regime. In the night between Tuesday and Wednesday there were 12 victims nell'assalto that the police have lashed out at the Omari Mosque in Dara, Town '120 km south of Damascus and epicenter of the protests. New protests, and a new intervention by the police, there was the afternoon of Wednesday, still close to the mosque during the funerals of victims of the previous night.


The reconstruction made by some activists of an NGO for Human Rights, however, is contradicted by the security forces, the blame for an armed group that would open fire on them causing the reaction. Among the dead there would also be a doctor who had reached the mosque located in the old city to provide relief to victims of the attack.

For an activist of an NGO, "The police shot and burst fire and threw tear gas at demonstrators. The electric current was cut off and immediately started after the shots. " The impromptu sit-in in the square outside the Omari Mosque where the funeral was celebrated a thousand people had gathered.

Surrounded by a large number of police officers also rushed to Damascus, protesters had formed a sort of human chain around the mosque because of fears of attacks by the police designed to disperse the sit-in. According to AFP, the soldiers of the regime have set up checkpoints at all entrances of the city to prevent the influx of other protesters from other cities.

For several days the news circulated that Kolthoum had come under fire of President Bashar al-Assad, who with his dismissal aims to restore calm in the southern city.

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