Syria Massacre Shocks The World
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Syrian forces bombarded the protest city of Homs Saturday, killing more than 200 civilians in a “horrific massacre,” activists said.
Opposition groups put the Homs death toll at between 217 and at least 260, making it the deadliest incident in the nearly 11-month uprising.
The Damascus government denied involvement in the pre-dawn assault, blaming groups trying to incite unrest ahead of a possible Security Council vote, as television images showed bodies and buildings destroyed in the city.
“Assad forces randomly bombed residential areas in Homs, including Khalidiyeh and Qusur, which resulted in at least 260 civilians killed and hundreds of wounded, including men, women, and children,” said the Syrian National Council (SNC).
The “Assad regime committed one of the most horrific massacres since the beginning of the uprising in Syria,” it said.
Assad's forces also “bombed” the northern town of Jisr al-Shughur near the Turkish border, and suburbs of Damascus, it said.
Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya television showed dozens of bodies and scenes of chaos as tweets claiming to be from residents said Homs ''is bleeding'' under the bombardment.
''It's a real massacre,'' Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, calling for ''immediate intervention'' by the Arab League.
He said at least 237 were killed, including 99 women and children, and several hundred wounded in Homs, a flashpoint of the Syrian uprising.
Source: http://mb.com.ph/articles/350369/syria-massacre-shocks-the-world
