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    June 26, 2011

2 Killed at Syrian Funerals

   VOA News
   Map of Homs in Syria

   A Syrian human rights group says security forces have opened fire
   during funerals for slain political protesters, killing two people.
   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the two were shot dead
   Saturday in al-Kaswa, south of the capital, Damascus.
   The rights group said the security forces began shooting when the
   funerals turned into protests.
   A spokesman for the Syrian Observatory said Saturday's funerals were
   for anti-government protesters killed on Friday when Syrian security
   forces opened fire on them, killing at least 20 people, including two
   children. He said most of the deaths occurred in or around Damascus.
   Demonstrators against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been under
   assault by pro-government forces for more than 100 days.
   Thousands of Syrians have fled into Lebanon and Turkey to escape
   escalating violence in their homeland.

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