Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama, and families are burying their loved ones in gardens at home for fear of being killed themselves if they venture to cemeteries, the Associated Press website reports today (August 4, 2011).
Military forces on July 31 launched an offensive against anti-government dissent in Hama and around 250 people have been killed there since then.
People are being forced to ration food and share bread to get by during August -- the holy month of Ramadan -- when many Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and then celebrate with large, festive meals after sundown.
"People are being slaughtered like sheep while walking in the street," said one Hama resident, who spoke by phone on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. He added, "I saw with my own eyes one young boy on a motorcycle who was carrying vegetables being run over by a tank."
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