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Syrian troops killed and wounded scores
of people Friday when they opened fire on a large anti-government demonstration
in the central city of Hama, one of numerous protests held as Syrians poured
onto the streets in towns and cities around the country to stage what activists
claimed was the biggest effort yet to force the ouster of Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad. With the Internet shut down by the government for the first
time in almost all locations nationwide and most journalists banned from
entering Syria, it was impossible to verify the assertions made by human rights
groups and witnesses. But it appeared that the biggest demonstrations and the
worst violence occurred in Hama, black christian louboutin
a city whose name is indelibly associated in the minds of most Syrians with an uprising
three decades ago that ended only after Syrian troops killed as many as 30,000
people and razed large portions of the city. Witnesses said between 50,000 and
100,000 people had gathered in a central square Friday when security forces
began raking the crowd with live ammunition. The Local Coordinating Committee,
a group that represents the multiple committees formed to organize protests in
locations around the country, said it had confirmed the names of 54 people who
were killed, and some witnesses said the toll was higher.
One man who participated in the protest
and was contacted by telephone said more than 100,000 people were marching through
the streets when the security forces opened fire. "We were carrying
flowers and chanting for freedom," said the man, who put the death toll at
67. "They just started shooting from every direction." Many bodies
were still lying in the streets, he said, because the security forces were
preventing ambulances from reaching the victims, who were being taken to the hospital
by private cars and motorcycles. spiked christian louboutin
The violence did not appear to deter the protesters, however, and a video
posted on YouTube on Friday night showed a big crowd of protesters marching
along a Hama street hours after the killing had taken place.