13 killed by gov't forces in Syria - LCC
Date: 22/05/2012      Time: 11:39:00 PM
 
Thirteen Syrians, including one woman, were killed by regime forces' fire in Hama, Deir Al-Zour, Homs, Daraa, Aleppo, and Idleb, Local Coordination Committees (LCC) said on Tuesday. The committees noted that escalation of military campaigns and violence by pro-government forces in Syrian cities has caused a migration movement among local residents, who fled to neighboring villages to avoid random shelling and gunfire. It said that regime forces stormed number of cities that had anti-government demonstrations, adding that forces raided residential houses and agricultural lands, followed by heavy gunfire in search for activists and dissident soldiers. In Keswa district, outside Damascus, LCC said that government forces shot fire at several people who gathered to meet with UN international observers' mission, who stayed in the town for only five minutes before the gunfire started.