Syrian activists say regime fires on funeral

Syrian activists say regime forces fired on a funeral procession in the presence of U.N. observers, causing many casualties.

The activists said the observers were not among the wounded Tuesday, but their vehicles were damaged.

A U.N. spokesman confirmed the observers were caught up in the country's violence on Tuesday and their cars sustained damage. But Ahmad Fawzi, a spokesman for special envoy Kofi Annan, had no other details.

An Idlib-based activist, Fadi al-Yassin, said he witnessed the attack on the funeral and saw that the observers were there.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing a network of sources on the ground, also reported the attack.
 

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