UN says 49 children were killed in Syrian town

Among the 108 killed in a massacre in the central Syrian city of Houla were 49 children and 34 women, says the UN High Commissariat for Human Rights.

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Tuesday, 29.05.2012.

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Among the 108 killed in a massacre in the central Syrian city of Houla were 49 children and 34 women, says the UN High Commissariat for Human Rights. "Fewer than 20 persons among the 108 victims were killed by artillery and tank fire," spokesman Rupert Colville told a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday. UN says 49 children were killed in Syrian town The spokesman added that the appraisal came "at this point", and emphasized that an investigation was "in the preliminary phase". Colville added that the probe also showed that most of the victims were executed summarily in two separate incidents - by two pro-government militias from nearby villages. The suffering of civilians in Houla sparked outrage in the international community, which has shifted the responsibility for the tragedy on the regime in Damascus, while Russia said the blame was shared by the regime and the rebels. The Syrian authorities maintain that the massacre was the work of several hundred armed rebels in the area, who are behind the violence which undermines the peace process, hoping to provoke the intervention of Western countries. Meanwhile, it has been reported that Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria and Canada decided to expel Syrian ambassadors in protest over the massacre that occurred in the Syrian town last weekend. Beta Tanjug

UN says 49 children were killed in Syrian town

The spokesman added that the appraisal came "at this point", and emphasized that an investigation was "in the preliminary phase".

Colville added that the probe also showed that most of the victims were executed summarily in two separate incidents - by two pro-government militias from nearby villages.

The suffering of civilians in Houla sparked outrage in the international community, which has shifted the responsibility for the tragedy on the regime in Damascus, while Russia said the blame was shared by the regime and the rebels.

The Syrian authorities maintain that the massacre was the work of several hundred armed rebels in the area, who are behind the violence which undermines the peace process, hoping to provoke the intervention of Western countries.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria and Canada decided to expel Syrian ambassadors in protest over the massacre that occurred in the Syrian town last weekend.

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