Crackdown in Syria against protesters

Damascus, Apr 2: Syrian security forces made dawn arrests today as mourners prepared to bury the first of at least nine people killed in anti-government protests on the Muslim day of rest, rights activists said.
 The arrests came in the tribal region around the town of Daraa, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital, which has been one of the main centres of more than two weeks of demonstrations.
 A 20-year-old who was killed by security forces during a protest in Sanamein, just outside Daraa, was to be buried in nearby Inkhel, a human rights activist said.
 He was one among as many as three people killed during the Friday protest in the village. The official SANA news agency said a soldier was also seriously wounded in Daraa itself when young men tried to snatch his weapon.
 Ahead of the funeral, security forces carried out a series of raids in the area, another activist said.
 The activist named architect Khaled al-Hassan, lawyer Hassan al-Aswad and teacher Issam Mahameed as among those detained.
 Funerals were also expected to be held later in the town of Douma, just north of Damascus, for eight people killed.

Lastupdate on : Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sat, 2 Apr 2011 18:30:00 GMT
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