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Homs is 'medieval siege and slaughter': photographer
AFP – 3 hrs ago
A British photographer wounded in Homs said the bombardment of the besieged Syrian city amounted to a "medieval siege and slaughter," and he denounced the Damascus government as "murderers".
Paul Conroy, 47, was speaking from a hospital bed in Britain, where he returned a couple of days ago after being smuggled into Lebanon on Tuesday.
"In Baba Amr there is nowhere to run. It's a slaughterhouse in there," he told CNN in a telephone interview, describing how people would be gunned down by snipers if they left their homes to venture into the streets in Homs.
"There are actually no military targets within Baba Amr. All of the intense shelling is in fact directed at the civilian population," he said.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/homs-medieval-siege-slaughter-photographer-042015246.html
A British photographer wounded in Homs said the bombardment of the besieged Syrian city amounted to a "medieval siege and slaughter," and he denounced the Damascus government as "murderers".
Paul Conroy, 47, was speaking from a hospital bed in Britain, where he returned a couple of days ago after being smuggled into Lebanon on Tuesday.
"In Baba Amr there is nowhere to run. It's a slaughterhouse in there," he told CNN in a telephone interview, describing how people would be gunned down by snipers if they left their homes to venture into the streets in Homs.
"There are actually no military targets within Baba Amr. All of the intense shelling is in fact directed at the civilian population," he said.
More: http://news.yahoo.com/homs-medieval-siege-slaughter-photographer-042015246.html
