Syria Terror: Children “Targeted by Snipers”
Posted by feww on November 24, 2013
“Stolen Futures: The hidden toll of child casualties in Syria”
Some 11,420 children aged 17 and under were killed in the Syrian conflict: 7 out of 10 by explosive weapons, 1 in 4 by bullets—Oxford Research Group.
Between March 2011, when the “conflict” began, and end August 2013, at least 11,420 were recorded killed in Syria. Some 764 children were summarily executed, 389 were killed by sniper fire and more than 100—including infants—were tortured, according to the report.
“128 children were recorded killed by chemical weapons in Ghouta on 21 August, 2013.”
Overall, a total of 113,735 civilians and combatants were killed during the report period.
10 year-old Issa carries a mortar shell in a weapons factory for the “Free Syrian Army” in Aleppo, September 7, 2013. Image Credit: REUTERS/Hamid Khatib
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