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WATCH: Syrian troops fire on Damascus funeral, killing 30 - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper

Footage shows the bodies of those activists said had been killed in the explosion, some barely recognizable and others with limbs missing.

By Reuters | Jul.01, 2012 | 2:19 PM

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar Assad
Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Sermeen, near Idlib, June 29, 2012. Photo by Reuters

Opposition activists said Syrian forces killed more than 30 people on Saturday when they fired a mortar bomb into a funeral procession for a man who died in shelling a day before.

They said amateur video footage, posted on a website, showed the moment the bomb hit the crowd. Another video showed the aftermath - grey smoke filling the air before clearing to show bodies.

The body of the man who activists said was killed a day before lay wrapped in a white shroud on the ground. Moments earlier it was being held above the head of mourners as they marched down the street. 

 

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