Activists: Syrian troops shell central city
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BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian security forces are shelling and assaulting neighborhoods in a city in the center of the country, and at least one person has been killed.
The activists say troops backed by military vehicles and tanks are trying to storm the Bab Qebli area of the city of Hama, and are firing mortar shells targeting several nearby districts.
The Local Coordination Committees activist network and the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say one person was killed by sniper fire in the Sheik Anbar district.
An activist near the area reported hearing explosions throughout the night and on Wednesday.
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Huge assault overnight in Syrian city
updated 7:46 AM EST, Wed January 25, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Hama endures a security offensive, activists say
World powers are working to stop the violence
Russia calls for an end to violence "wherever it is coming from"
(CNN) -- Security forces and pro-government militias in Syria assaulted neighborhoods overnight in the flashpoint city of Hama, an opposition activist group reported Wednesday.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria said the forces, backed by military vehicles and armored tanks, assaulted various locations in Hama -- one of the major bastions of Syria's anti-regime sentiment.
The forces bombed the Bab Qebli area "from all directions" and destroyed several buildings the LCC said. Several deaths and injuries were reported, according to the activist opposition group, and the constant shelling made it impossible to rescue the wounded in the western city.
Soldiers also launched mortar shells in several neighborhoods, including those of al-Hamidiya, al-Faraya, Jarjameh and Alalillat. . Explosions and gunfire rang across the city and soldiers fired rocket-propelled grenades and nail bombs at houses, the LCC said.
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