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Shelling Kills 13 Children in Damascus
[AnNahar] Shelling of a rebel-held area in the northeast of the Syrian capital killed 13 children Wednesday, a monitor said revising an earlier toll, with activists saying a school had been hit."The number of children... killed by mortar fire on areas of Qabun district has risen to 13," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, adding: "The toll might rise because several others were critically injured." Activists blamed forces loyal to  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... for the killings, which they described as a "massacre of children". The Syrian Revolution General Commission, a network of activists across the war-torn country, said the shelling hit a school, and an activist group in the neighborhood shared a grisly video of the aftermath. The footage posted on the group's Facebook page showed the bodies of at least nine children lying on a white tiled floor, some of them surrounded by smears of blood. Rebels and the army reached a truce in Qabun earlier this year, but activists say there have been frequent violations. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-06 |
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