Saturday, April 23, 2011

Reported fatal shootings at funeral in Syria

At least five people died on Saturday at the funeral of the protests in the city of Deraa, in southern, said one activist told the television channel Al Jazeera. Aba Abdullah Zayed, who lives in Deraa, said that police fired on participants in the funeral, chanting slogans calling for the downfall of the regime of Bashar al-Asad.

According to this activist, about 300 thousand people participated in the funeral left the mosque of Ibn al-Walid in Deraa. The information could not be independently confirmed. Several Syrian human rights organizations amounted to 76 dead in the protests took place yesterday, while other opposition groups, like the Revolution against Syria Bashar al-Assad assured that the death toll is 112.

Al Jazeera, meanwhile, reported today that the fatalities were 103. The demonstrations came a day after Syrian President signed a decree to end the state of emergency in force since 1963, and to abolish the State Security Court.

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