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More than a dozen reported dead after Syrian protests
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March 24, 2011
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More than a dozen people have been reported dead in the Syrian city of 
after police and security forces fired on protesters.

Three separate incidents were reported. Overnight on Wednesday, six
people were killed at the Omari mosque, a location where many protests
have taken place. At funerals and marches later that day, at least ten
more people were killed. Several dozen people are also reported to have
been injured; one witness said that "bodies fell in the streets."

These fatalities come in addition to at least six deaths that have been
previously reported since the protests began.

According to a Syrian activist exiled in the United States, Mohammed
al-Abdullah, "[t]he government promised it would consider its citizen's
demands, and then it decided to attack them. These were fully prepared
and full-scale attacks."

The government defended its actions at the Omari Mosque, saying that
"armed gangs" operated out of the site, and that there were weapons
stored within.

== Sources == 

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12843905
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/24/syria-crackdown-shooting



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