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Syrian rebel 'hell cannons' kill 300 civilians: monitoring group
Source: Reuters
Syrian rebel 'hell cannons' kill 300 civilians: monitoring group
BEIRUT Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:26am EST
(Reuters) - Syrian rebels using improvised mortar bombs made of cooking gas canisters killed 311 civilians between July and December this year, a monitoring group said on Friday, condemning the use of the wildly inaccurate weapons.
Two-thirds of the deaths, or 203 people, were in the northern city of Aleppo where the so-called "hell cannons" have been fired on government-held districts of Syria's second city.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the violence using sources on both sides, said that 42 children and 25 women were among the dead in Aleppo. It said more than 700 people had also been wounded during that time.
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The canisters are packed with explosives, fitted with a guide fin and fired by large cannons.
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BEIRUT Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:26am EST
(Reuters) - Syrian rebels using improvised mortar bombs made of cooking gas canisters killed 311 civilians between July and December this year, a monitoring group said on Friday, condemning the use of the wildly inaccurate weapons.
Two-thirds of the deaths, or 203 people, were in the northern city of Aleppo where the so-called "hell cannons" have been fired on government-held districts of Syria's second city.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the violence using sources on both sides, said that 42 children and 25 women were among the dead in Aleppo. It said more than 700 people had also been wounded during that time.
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The canisters are packed with explosives, fitted with a guide fin and fired by large cannons.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/12/us-mideast-crisis-attacks-idUSKBN0JQ17I20141212
