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Explosion of violence in Syria caught in series of horrifying video clips
Pressure mounts on Syria as Alain Juppé accuses the regime of crimes against humanity
Ian Black
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 September 2011 20.44 BST
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Nabil al-Arabi, secretary-general of the Arab League
Nabil al-Arabi, secretary-general of the Arab League, will go to Damascus on Saturday. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP
Syria's violence has escalated sharply, with up to 28 people reportedly killed across the country on Wednesday as France bluntly accused Bashar al-Assad's regime of committing crimes against humanity.
Horrifying film clips were posted on YouTube, one showing a dead or injured man in the central city of Homs apparently being shot by uniformed men. Another showed a young man named Abdel-Hadi Mustafa dying after being shot by a sniper. A third recorded the death of 15-year-old Zakaria Firzat from al-Rastan on Tuesday. None of the incidents could be independently authenticated as most foreign journalists have been banned from Syria. Casualty figures cannot be easily verified either.
Medical sources in Homs reported patients being kidnapped from al-Birr hospital by security personnel. "We have no idea where they've taken them," said a journalist named Fadi, describing ambulances commandeered by regime forces.
Witnesses also reported an attack by the "free Syrian army" on a state security office. Activists claimed three officers and 30 soldiers had defected to the opposition. Social media described powerful explosions and smoke rising across the city.
Many of the dead were from Homs, a hotbed of opposition to the regime, and several from nearby Hama. Two were shot dead during raids in Sarameen in the north. The Syrian Revolution General Commission listed 28 dead in all.
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