Sunday, April 8, 2012

Activists: 24 killed in clashes in central Syria

This citizen journalist image obtained by the Associated Press on Friday, April 6, 2012,shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed in recent shelling in Taftnaz, Syria. (AP Photo)

This citizen journalist image obtained by the Associated Press on Friday, April 6, 2012,shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed in recent shelling in Taftnaz, Syria. (AP Photo)

This citizen journalist image obtained by the Associated Press on Friday, April 6, 2012, shows a mass burial of people allegedly killed in recent shelling in Taftanaz, Syria. (AP Photo) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL

Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during the funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 5, 2012. Syrian troops launched a fierce assault Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, with activists describing it as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising began.(AP Photo)

Mourners carry bodies draped in the Syrian revolutionary flag during the funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 5, 2012. Syrian troops launched a fierce assault Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, with activists describing it as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising began. The religious flag at right is unreadable.(AP Photo)

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands guard during the funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 5, 2012. Syrian troops launched a fierce assault Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, with activists describing it as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising began. The religious flag at right is unreadable.(AP Photo)

(AP) ? Syrian opposition groups say government shelling and firefights between troops and army defectors have killed at least 24 in a village in central Syria.

The Local Coordination Committees activist network said the violence took place Saturday in the village of al-Latamneh in the suburbs of the restive city of Hama.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number of deaths at 27. It said most were killed by shells fired as troops tried to storm al-Latamneh following clashes with defectors there over the past two days.

Syrian forces have launched offensives across the country as a cease-fire deadline brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nears.

Associated Press

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