Reply #29: Witnesses from Az-Zawiya attack this morning

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BREAKING: Witnesses from Az-Zawiya attack this morning
Posted on February 24, 2011 by admin


An eye witness over the phone with Al Jazeera English described the situation in Az-Zawiya today. He said there were around 35 military cars with soldiers and they opened fire at 6 am and continued shooting for 5 hours non stop.

He says they used heavy gun machines, equipment to fight tanks and aircraft usually. They didn’t hold their fire, shooting directly at the people aimed at the head and the chest.

He says they were trying to kill the people. they stopped for 15 minutes and they went around Az-Zawiyah and came back, they wanted the people to go back to the square to execute them.

The witness said more than 100 were killed today and that there are around 400 injured in the hospital, some of them seriously.

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Another witness said to the BBC World Service that his brothers had been taking part when government forces attacked: “With machine guns, they came into the square. They started shooting the people who didn’t have any kind of weapon to defend themselves. The soldiers were using Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades. My brother said it really was a bloodbath there.” (via BBC live stream)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698