Syrian army kills 100+ people fleeing captured Qusair

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[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/09/us-syria-crisis-qusair-idUSBRE9580JV20130609[/url]
[quote]Most of the dead were hit by machinegun fire and a sustained bombardment over the past three days as they tried to cross a highway east of Qusair to areas beyond the reach of Assad's forces, the activists said.

Activist Hadi al-Abdallah said he was one of several thousand people who fled Qusair, ending up among a group of civilians and fighters who abandoned their cars and walked 35 kms (20 miles) across farmland to an area known as the Husseiniya Groves, near the main highway to the central city of Homs.

"We were carrying lots of injured from Qusair and they were among the first to be killed because they could not escape the gunfire," Abdallah said.

"Most of the bodies were left behind and only 15 were retrieved. Many of the injured were captured. Among them a cousin of mine. I called his mobile phone and a man answered saying I can come pick (up) his body in pieces," he said.[/quote]

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Christ, were they shooting basically anyone fleeing Qusair?

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Sad. Its also sad that civilians were fleeing with combatant's, which isn't typically a good idea given the history of warfare.