New 'massacre' reported in Syria's Hama province - The Qubair Massacre

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At least 86 people, including many women and children, have been killed by Syrian pro-government forces in Hama province, opposition activists say. A spokesman for the Syrian National Council, the main opposition coalition, said there had been a "massacre" in the villages of Qubair and Maarzaf. More than 20 children and 20 women were reportedly among those who died.

The reports could not be confirmed, but they comes less than two weeks after 108 people were executed in Houla. Witnesses blamed pro-government militiamen, while the government accused "armed groups" seeking to trigger foreign military intervention.

'Bodies burnt'
On Wednesday evening, activist groups reported that Qubair had come under heavy attack from security forces, including shelling. But they said much of the killing was done by accompanying groups of pro-government militiamen known as "shabiha", who had come from nearby pro-government villages.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18348201

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21:27 BST Reports are coming in of a fresh massacre in Qubair, in the Hama suburbs. Syria Campaigns has just tweeted the following
A new massacre has just happened in the Hama suburb area of Qubair. At least 86 killed & number is expected to rise. Tweet: #QubairMassacre.

At least 86 men, women, & children slaughtered by Assad forces in Qubair, Hama. Tweet #QubairMassacre to unite the tweets under one hashtag.

Talals tweeted the following
Victims of #HamaMassacre are mainly from the families of Yatim and Oulwan, it means they were murdered in their houses! #Syira
Eyewitness from Qubair where the massacre took place on AJArabic said Assad's gang didn't spare even a 2 month old girl! #Syira
I'll be updating this post as more information comes in.

21:30 BST Via Sky News Newsdesk
AFP: Syrian National Council says Syrian regime kills 100 people in "massacre" in Hama today

21:32 BST via Maisa Akbi
@acarvin

Burnt corpses in #Hama

21:34 BST via Syria Campaigns
Correction: 78 civilians killed in Qubair and 86 total killed in all of Hama. Death toll in all of Syria is now at 129. #QubairMassacre

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