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9:11 AM - 2 Sep 12 · Details
Syria civil war sees deadliest week, UNICEF says
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 2, 2012 -- Updated 2213 GMT (0613 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: The number of dead on Sunday rises to at least 144, says an opposition group
- The rebel Free Syrian Army says it carried out a Damascus bombing
- At least 1,600 people, including children, are killed in a week, UNICEF says
- A documentary group says nearly 5,000 people died in August
(CNN) -- At least 1,600 people were killed in Syria last week, making it the deadliest week yet in the civil war, a UNICEF spokesman said Sunday.
Patrick McCormick of the U.N. children's fund said the toll included children, as the government of Bashar al-Assad fights to suppress an 18-month uprising against its rule.
Nearly 5,000 people died in August, according to the Center of Documentation of Violation in Syria, which put the toll for the month at 4,937.
And there appeared to be no letup in the violence on Sunday, with opposition sources saying at least 144 people were killed across the country.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition group, said the toll includes a "massacre" of 35 people in the village of Al Fan in Hama province.
The state news agency SANA said there had been a clash between government forces and an "armed terrorist group" in the area.
Showdown in SyriaSeparately, a bombing near a government security building in the capital Damascus left at least four people wounded, state television said, calling the incident "terrorism."
The opposition Free Syrian Army's Grandsons of the Prophet Brigade said it carried out the attack
