In the besieged Syrian city of Homs, activist reported at least 45 women and children were stabbed and burned to death on Sunday, after peace talks between a U.N. special envoy and the Syrian regime failed to yield a cease-fire. According to the Local Coordination Committees (LCC) of Syria, a network of opposition activist, the massacre in Homs took place in the Karm al Saytoun neighborhood. The London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the Adawiya neighborhood of Homs was also involved.
The LCC reported the killings a “massacre orchestrated by the regime” of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Men were separated from their families and “systematically tortured” for hours, as they were sprayed with gasoline and set afire, while others were shot. Mothers watched as their children were stabbed to death, and women and minor girls were sexually assaulted before they were shot, according to the human rights network. The slaughter represented a fraction of the 108 people reportedly killed across Syria on Sunday.
