12 killed in Damascus University shelling – Syrian state TV

March 28th, 2013

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Still from Al-Ikhbariya TV station's video

Twelve people have been killed when mortar shells struck the campus of Damascus University, says Syrian state TV. The blast also injured at least 20 others, AP reports, quoting anonymous officials.

Official SANA news agency however says 11 people have been
killed in the attack, nine of them students, while only six others
have been injured.

“Terrorists fired mortar rounds on the Faculty of
Architecture in Damascus,” Syrian state TV said, blaming
opposition forces for the attack.

The mortar shells appear to have struck the cafeteria as the
government-run Al-Ikhbariya TV station showed footage of tables and
chairs turned upside down, shattered glass and blood on the
floor.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also confirmed the
attack took place: “Several mortar rounds hit the Baramkeh area
and the architecture faculty compound, causing several
casualties,” the London-based monitoring group said, without
elaborating.

The college is in Baramkeh, a central Damascus suburb where
mortar attacks by rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad
have intensified this week. The university is also surrounded by
government buildings, including the Ministry of Defense, the
headquarters for state media and the president’s official
residence.

Mortars are extensively used by the Syrian rebels, who have
launched another attempt to seize control of Damascus, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said. Two days ago, the rebels shelled
a residential district of Damascus, killing at least three people
and wounding dozens more.

Still from Al-Ikhbariya TV station's video

Thursday was marked by renewed battles in the suburbs of the
Syrian capital; the Free Syrian Army claimed it had received fresh
supplies of arms. The fiercest fight appears to be underway in the
northeastern district of Qaboon, where the rebels have reportedly
encountered government troops reinforced by tanks. The armored
vehicles are reportedly pounding the targets from afar, without
actually entering the residential district.

Tanks are also shelling the southwestern district of Qadam and the
nearby town of Daraya, preventing militants from getting a foothold
in these districts, according to the Observatory. The army is
maintaining the relentless pressure in a bid to crush the
insurgency.

The rebels are trying to seize strategic points within the Syrian
capital by attempting to gain control over roads linking districts
of the city, the Observatory said. The militants are trying to
consolidate forces in several neighborhoods of Damascus, and Syrian
troops are trying to push them out; these reports were not
independently verified. The clashes are continuing for a second day
in a row.

The civil conflict in Syria started two years ago and has claimed
over 70,000 lives, the UN estimated. Some 3.6 million people are
now internally displaced in the country, the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees said on Tuesday. While the rebels say they want to
bring political change to Syria by ousting President Bashar Assad,
the country’s leader maintains he is fighting an insurgency trained
and sponsored from abroad.

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