Syrian police kill 11 protesters - report
16:29 27/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - At least 11 people were shot dead by police near Damascus on Wednesday, Al Arabiya News reported, citing rights groups.
According to eyewitness accounts, the shooting took place during a police raid near a checkpoint leading to Damascus.
No details were immediately available.
On Tuesday the leader of a local youth group opposing President Bashar Assad was killed in the same area.
Protests continue in the country with calls for Assad's resignation and political reform despite a law passed on Monday that allows the formation of political parties, reversing a ban on opposition groups since the ruling Baath party took power in 1963.
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