Sami al-Hamwi · @HamaEcho
6th Jun 2012 from Twitlonger
Qubair Massacre
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Qubair is a very small "village" (smaller than a village) west of Hama city, and a few KMs away from Maharde town. It contains around 25 houses.
Accounts of the massacre come from residents of the nearby villages, some went inside Qubair to try and retrieve bodies.
78 deaths have been recorded so far, more than half are women and children.
Most homes in the village were destroyed by tank shelling.
The nearby villages were raided briefly, but not destroyed and no one was killed, tanks stationed near those villages shelled Qubair, and shabiha milita from the nearby areas were gathering, waiting to storm Qubair.
Qubair was stormed with very heavy and random gunfire, houses were broken into and the residents were killed, some with knives. There are also burnt bodies.
[Hama R.C]
Please contact the SRGC or LCC for more information about the massacre. They are currently gathering more information and details on the victims and the massacre.