Death toll of violence in Syria rises to 70 -- LCC
Date: 28/06/2012      Time: 01:08:00 AM
 
The number of civilians killed by the Syrian regular forces on Wednesday topped 70 including 23 who were killed in Idlib alone, the opposition Local Coordination Committees (LCC) said. The escalating violence from regime forces resulted in the killing of 13 people in Deir Al-Zour, while ten others were killed in suburb of Damascus, and eight in the Al-Qamishli and seven in Deraa, including five killed in Homs, three in Hama, and one in Aleppo, according to an LCC statement. The statement added that various cities were targeted by heavy shelling and missile attacks by regime forces, which resulted in the huge number of casualties and injuries.