"Two people died and two were maimed by gunfire south of the industrial town of Rastan" near Homs, where they were employed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Agence La Belle France Presse, adding one of those killed was aged 15.
The Observatory also said "the bodies of five people, including a woman, were discovered on Tuesday morning" in Homs. They were still unidentified, and were taken to the city's main hospital.
Elsewhere in the Damascus
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region, "the body of a young man who was maimed by gunfire Friday when security forces dispersed a demonstration in Zamalka was given to his family and it will be buried today."
The man had been "rescued after being maimed and taken to a hospital but security forces incarcerated him at the hospital."
The Britannia-based Observatory added that demonstrations had taken place late Monday near Homs, where eight people were killed earlier in the day, according to activists.
The security forces killed another five people across Syria on Monday, they said.
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says at least 2,200 people have been killed in the violence as security forces repressed the protests.
Assad's regime says it is fighting foreign-backed "armed terrorist gangs."