Syria: 'Children Burned Alive In Front Of Their Mothers' Report Activists In Homs
Syrians in the devastated city of Homs have described the harrowing moment that government forces rounded up whole families, divided the children from their mothers and then burned them alive. The families were reportedly arrested in the Karm el-Zeytoun and Adawiya neighbourhoods of the city.
One Homs resident known as 'Yazn' told the protest network Avaaz how the families were brutally executed in turn: "They handed them over to the security forces and Shabiha militia who separated the men from the women and children.
"They shot the men and burned the others alive. They slaughtered the children in front of their mothers and then raped the women, some of whom were minors." The bodies of at least 26 children and 21 women were discovered in the ruins of the city, said to be victims of a massacre by government security forces.
Members of the opposition were able to take the remains of 47 victims to the Bab al-Sabaa neighbourhood. The Activists News Association published extremely graphic videos on Facebook which appeared to show the corpses in a field hospital. Another activist, Abu Yasser, said: "A number of those killed had their bodies desecrated with sectarian phrases. The regime is desperate to ignite sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Alawites in the city."
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