PROVINCES,(ST)_An armed terrorist group has perpetrated a brutal massacre against the locals in Khattab town in the northwestern countryside of Hama province, the official news agency (SANA) said on Wednesday.
The agency quoted a source at police command as saying that an armed terrorist group infiltrated at dawn today into Khattab town in Hama countryside and slaughtered 14 civilians, including women and children.
The bodies were mutilated by knives, director of Hama national hospital Dr. Salim Khallouf said, adding that two wounded civilians were also hospitalized.
The terrorist massacre is being investigated by a judicial committee formed today by the minister of justice Najm Hamad al-Ahmad under decision No.2617/L.
Farmer killed in Sweida
Another terrorist attack took place today morning in Sweida province when four terrorists opened fire at farmers harvesting wheat in Lbin town in the western countryside of the province.
A farmer was martyred.
B.Qaddour