Syria’s security forces shot dead at least seven people as they launched a huge operation in the central flashpoint city of Homs Wednesday, rights activists said.
“Security forces opened fire during a security operation launched in the city of Homs, killing seven people and wounding 20 others,” the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP in Nicosia.
Earlier, the Local Coordination Committees reported one person was shot and killed during the operation in Homs.
The LCC, which organises the anti-regime protests on the ground, said security forces backed by tanks swept early morning into Homs, where communications and Internet services were cut in many neighbourhoods.
More than 2,200 people have been killed in Syria since mass pro-democracy protests erupted across the country in mid-March, according to the United Nations.
