Syria
Activists: Dead in the arrest of a Syrian ex-officer
Syria’s interim government is warning of attempts by remaining supporters of the deposed ruler Assad to destabilize the country. Security forces are said to have been killed in an attack.
According to activists, 14 security forces from the interim government were killed in a suspected attack by supporters of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. As the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported last night, local security forces wanted to arrest the former director of Assad’s military justice administration at his home in the western town of Tartus when young gunmen opened fire on them.
Three of the perpetrators were also killed in the attack by Assad supporters. The Interior Ministry of the interim government had previously warned against attempts by remaining Assad supporters to destabilize the country.
dpa
Source: Stern
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