90 killed, including 25 children, in Syria's Houla: NGO
A number of children have been killed as well. (AFP/Scanpix)
A team of UN observers deployed in Syria to monitor a shaky truce arrived on Saturday in the town of Houla, site of a massacre "by regime forces" in which at least 90 people died, monitors said.
"A team of UN observers arrived in the village of Taldau (on the outskirts of) Houla, to document the crimes committed in the past 24 hours, in violation of the ceasefire," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Syrian regime forces" have massacred more than 90 people, including 25 children, in Houla, in the central province of Homs, the Britain-based watchdog said. The violence caused residents to flee for safety, the monitoring group noted. "Many people are fleeing Taldau village in Houla," the Observatory said, adding that residents feared new attacks on the town, in the central province of Homs. Amateur videos posted on YouTube showed horrifying images of children lying dead on the floor, with some of their corpses badly mangled. At least one child had had part of his head blown off.
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