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Syrian forces fire on funeral, killing at least two people
Feb 18, 2012, 11:59 GMT
Beirut - At least two people were killed when Syrian government forces fired on a crowd during a funeral procession in the capital Damascus on Saturday, opposition activists said.
'The funeral was being held in the Mezzeh area (in Damascus) for three people who had been killed the day before in a crackdown on anti-regime protests,' the Syrian activist Munzer Abdullah told dpa.
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