More than 70 killed in Syria, most in Homs: activists
Bodies of what activists say are victims of shelling by the Syrian army are seen in the Sunni Muslim district of Bab Amro in Homs in this handout picture received February 8, 2012.
Image by: HANDOUT / REUTERS
Image by: HANDOUT / REUTERS
More than 70 people died in violence across Syria on Thursday, activists said, with the majority killed in a fierce assault by regime forces on the flashpoint central town of Homs.
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Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 61 people were killed in shelling and other violence in Homs province.
He said 36 died in the Baba Amr neighbourhood of Homs city and 11 were killed when a shell slammed into their house in the protest hub's Inshaat district.
Abdel Rahman added that six people died in the city's Khaldiyeh and Karm el-Zeytoun neighbourhoods.
Elsewhere, an army colonel and seven security forces members were killed when rebels ambushed two buses near the southern town of Daraa, cradle of the revolt against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Four other civilians were killed including a young woman in northwest Idlib province and a man died of wounds he suffered the day before in Daraa.
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