Thousands of anti-government protesters have occupied the centre of Syria’s third largest city, Homs, according to opposition activists.
Video footage uploaded onto the internet appears to show people sitting on the ground in the main square.
Earlier, funerals were held for some of those killed in Sunday’s violence in the city, with crowds calling for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria’s interior ministry has said the unrest amounts to armed insurrection.
an armed insurrection by armed groups belonging to Salafist organisations, especially in the cities of Homs and Banias”
Interior ministry statement
Eight people died in Homs on Sunday after soldiers fired on crowds protesting at the death of a tribal leader in state custody
via BBC News – Syria protests: ‘Thousands occupy Homs after funerals’.
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