Mourners shot and killed at funerals for the 72 protesters killed yesterday (Syria)

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Syria protests: Security forces 'fire on mourners'

Security forces in Syria have shot dead at least six people at funerals for anti-government protesters killed on Friday, reports say.

They opened fire on mourners gathering in a suburb of the capital Damascus and near the southern village of Ezra, witnesses said.

At least 72 people reportedly died on Friday, the bloodiest day in some five weeks of unrest.

Two Syrian MPs have resigned in protest at the violence.

"After I have failed to protect my sons from the treacherous shots there is no point in me staying in parliament," one of the MPs, Naser al-Hariri, told al-Jazeera TV. "I announce now that I am stepping down."

Friday's bloodshed, which came a day after President Bashar al-Assad scrapped decades of emergency rule, drew strong international condemnation.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13175677