Syrian security forces on Mar 9 killed one civilian when they deployed in a residential neighbourhood of Damascus Friday to put down an act of civil disobedience, opposition activists said. Previous funerals for slain protesters in the district in the west of the capital, which houses several secret police headquarters and Iranian installations, have turned into large demonstrations against President Bashar Assad.
Mass shouts of “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) rang from the district’s homes overnight. Security police who immediately went into the streets shot Sarayji in his back as he was waiting for a bus.