Attack on Syria university protest kills four: group
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces and students with knives attacked a protest against President Bashar al-Assad at Aleppo University early on Thursday, killing at least four people and arresting 200, according to activists and Internet videos.
Security forces raided the campus and fired at hundreds of students marching in support of the 14-month-old revolt against four decades of Assad family rule, the British-based opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The raid followed an attack on the student protesters by pro-Assad students armed with knives, it said.
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The Observatory, which has a network of activists across Syria, said more student protests had erupted later to denounce the overnight assault and security forces were firing tear gas.
Footage and accounts by activists are hard to verify conclusively because the government restricts media access.
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