Mian Shakeel Aslam---At least 14 people were killed in Syria after security forces opened fire on mourners as they attended the funeral of the deceased Friday.
Six of them were killed in the north because they attended the funeral of a Kurdish opposition figures in Syria. Mishaal al Tammo was shot dead by masked men in a targeted killing. Nearly 50,000 people attended the funeral in his hometown of Qamishli, that turned into a protest against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The BBC Jim Muir in Beirut says it was probably the biggest event in the Kurdish regions in the north experienced since the rebellion broke out nearly seven months. "All Qamishli released today, the funeral into a massive demonstration," the Kurdish activist and lawyer Mustafa Osso The Associated Press. Saturday violence is likely to fuel further anger in the Kurdish regions to have been where the murder of Mr. Tammo seems an electrifying effect says our correspondent. He added that the incident threatened to harden opinion against the Kurdish government, which is widely blamed for the deaths. He had tried to seduce the Kurds, a large minority, the granting of citizenship to many who remained stateless, for historical reasons. The opposition accused the government of killing Mr. Tammo. A group he describes as "dangerous curve" in the management plan of the uprising. Mr. Tammo was expected to play a leading role in the newly established National Syrian opposition, which includes most of the play to anti-government groups. "Tactical Plan"Syrian official media reported that he was of "armed terrorist groups" killed for his opposition to foreign intervention in Syria In any case, most of the Kurds and activists -. And their supporters, foreign - are apparently convinced that his death was the work of the Syrian government, says our correspondent. There is a view from the U.S. State Department, which is the Syrian authorities blamed the deaths divided, the murder would call a "clear escalation in the tactics of the regime." The son of Mr. and Tammo was a Kurdish activist political allies also injured in the shooting Friday, they said. Mr. Tammo was Kurdish party in the future and had recently discharged after more than two years in prison. He was an ardent critic of Mr. Assad had also angered the powerful Kurdish parties. Assad has granted citizenship to thousands of stateless Kurds in eastern Syria to try in April to help solve some of the complaints of the opposition to his regime feeds.
Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15227172
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