Northern Syria Attacked, 120 Police Killed

Government buildings were burned and five tons of dynamite had been looted.

More than 100 policemen were killed in the attacks of armed groups in several regions in northern Syria. The armed group also set fire to government buildings and looting of explosives at an armory.

Reporting from the CNN page, the attack occurred on Monday, June 6, 2011, in Al-Shugur jisr city and its surroundings, this city is the place of launching deadly attacks by the army some time ago. Sudden attacks by armed groups killed 120 policemen and wounding dozens of other civilians.

They set fire to government buildings and shooting at the security center. Syrian national television to say that this group managed to loot five tons of dynamite from the armory near the dam the valley of Al Abyad. The Syrian government said it will not remain silent face of this.

"The state will meet it with firmness and strength in accordance with the law. We will not stay silent when it comes to armed attack," said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim al-Chaar.

Syrian Information Minister, Adnan Mahmoud, said that armed groups use assault rifles and bomb the secondary level. They also used civilians as shields. "Residents in the district of Idlib feel scared because of this attack," said Mahmoud.

It is not known which group carried out the attack, but army deserter strongly suspected to be behind the deadly attacks. According to the Associated Press page, there are some soldiers who defected and turned against the government.

"The situation now is very vague, not clear who did the shooting, but the situation is now very serious and out of control," said one activist who declined to be named.

Source vivanews.com