Syrian forces kill 12 more civilians

Syrian troops killed 12 civilians on Wednesday, five of whom were attending a funeral in Damascus and were caught up in the regime's continuing crackdown on dissent, a human rights group said. Starting at dawn, when the crackle of gunfire could be heard sustained for half an hour, the death toll steadily rose through the day.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said: "Six civilians were killed in the Damascus neighbourhood of Barzeh, five of whom were slain by security forces who fired on the funeral of a young man. "Three other civilians perished under the bullet of the regime's forces at Inkhel, in the southern Daraa region, and seven protesters were wounded in the neighbouring locality of Jassem who were protesting against the repression," it added. The continuing killing - which on Tuesday resulted in another 20 bodies - has increased international anger at Syria which only last week signed up to an Arab League peace plan which called for an end to violence.