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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

They find the bodies of 566 people killed in just six days in Syria


The bodies of at least 566 people killed in a period of six days in Syria, were found yesterday, according to the Local Coordination Committee (LCC) Syrian, one of the country's opposition groups. LCC spokeswoman, Rafir Jouejati, has stated in turn that is the highest number of victims discovered in a single day since the conflict began in March 2011. In Yodeda al-Fadl, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus,were found at least 450 bodies , said yesterday another LCC activist, Abu Aasy. The opposition claims that over the past six days, some 3,000 members of the regime's security forces have bombed the area.Among the victims are at least 300 civilians and 150 members of the Syrian Liberation Army (SLA). The Liberation Committee has issued a statement expressing his condolences to the families of " martyrs of our revolution for freedom and dignity." "The LCC fully responsible for the Syrian regime's brutal crimes committed against unarmed civilians and urges the Security Council of the UN to refer to these attacks as war crimes in the International Criminal Court ", declared. For its part, the Syrian government has reported that "the armed forces have caused great losses among the terrorists in Yodeda to Fadl, in Damascus, wounding several of them and killing others, "according to Syrian state news agency. The war in the country has worsened since the opponents, inspired by the revolts of the Arab Spring, began to appear two years ago to get more freedom. The protests quickly turned into a movement against Syrian President Bashar Assad, in power since 2000 after the death of his father. The Government has responded to the protests with a brutal crackdownIn February, the United Nations estimated the death toll since the conflict began in 70,000. CNN says that it can not independently verify casualty figures or other forms of violence in Syria due to the severe restrictions placed on international journalists regime .

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