Six
killed in firing on protesters in Syria
Saturday June 25, 2011 11:14:44 AM,
IANS
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Damascus:
At least six people were killed Friday in Syria as thousands of
anti-government protesters took to streets in cities demanding
freedom and reforms, Xinhua reported.
Armed groups shot
indiscriminately at the demonstrators, killing at least six
people, including an officer, the state TV reported.
The "saboteurs" cut off a road and set tyres on fire in a suburb
of the Syrian capital Damascus, said the TV, adding that another
armed group opened fire at the demonstrations in the central
province of Homs, killing one people and wounding dozens others.
According to an Al-Jazeera TV report, activists reporting that at
least 13 people were killed nationwide after Muslims' noon prayers
in several towns and cities across Syria, for freedom and the
downfall of the leadership.
The unrest in Syria aroused international condemnation for the
alleged crackdown on protesters by the Syrian security forces.
On Thursday, the European Union announced a third round of
sanctions targeting the Syrian leadership. The US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton urged Damascus to pull its troops back from
the Turkish border.
Syria has been gripped by over three months of anti- government
protests, during which the protesters' have been seeking reforms
and removal of country's president Bashar al-Assad's leadership
who has ruled the country for about four decades.
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