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Sunday, May 20, 2012

More than 60 killed in Syria despite presence of U.N. monitors

The head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission was stopped at an army checkpoint in Douma when a bomb detonated nearby. (Reuters)
The head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission was stopped at an army checkpoint in Douma when a bomb detonated nearby. (Reuters)
More than 60 people were killed nationwide in Syria on Sunday, including at least 34 people in central Hama province, which came under heavy army shelling for hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

“Thirty-four people were killed under shelling and gunfire in Souran village while it was being raided,” the Britain-based watchdog said, revising up an earlier toll of 16 people killed, including three children.

The bloody violence continues despite the existence of a U.N. mission, whose members were targeted hours earlier with a rocket-propelled grenade in the town of Douma, north of Damascus.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory said “there is no evidence that there were any clashes taking place” in the village of Souran before the deadly shelling took place.

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