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Syria: Deadly air strike 'hits Damascus petrol station' Syria: Deadly air strike 'hits Damascus petrol station'
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Dozens of people have been killed by an air strike on a petrol station in the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, activists say.Dozens of people have been killed by an air strike on a petrol station in the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, activists say.
Damascus residents say they saw burning bodies and a scene of horror after the strike on the petrol station in Mleiha district. Damascus residents say they saw burning bodies and horrific scenes after the air strike in Mleiha district.
Unverified video footage showed charred bodies and burnt-out vehicles. Unverified reports from activists suggested 70 people had been killed.
An activist group said 70 people had been killed and many more wounded. Another group put the death toll at 30. The UN's human rights chief said a new study suggested more than 60,000 had died since the start of the uprising, many more than activists have claimed.
The figures could not be verified. Navi Pillay said in a statement that the number of casualties was "truly shocking".
One activist told Reuters news agency that warplanes had attacked the petrol station as a consignment of fuel arrived. Huge explosion
Activists posted video footage online purporting to show the latest air strike.
It featured charred bodies and burnt-out vehicles.
The reported death toll ranged from about 30 to 70. The figures could not be verified.
One activist told Reuters news agency that the warplane had attacked the petrol station as a consignment of fuel arrived.
The BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus says Mleiha is not an opposition stronghold, and civilians appear to have borne the brunt of the attack.The BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus says Mleiha is not an opposition stronghold, and civilians appear to have borne the brunt of the attack.
Many of the killed or injured are women and children, she says.Many of the killed or injured are women and children, she says.
Syria is in the grip of chronic fuel shortages, and motorists often wait for hours in queues at petrol stations.Syria is in the grip of chronic fuel shortages, and motorists often wait for hours in queues at petrol stations.
Activists told the Associated Press that a single missile had struck the station.Activists told the Associated Press that a single missile had struck the station.
The strike sparked a huge explosion that engulfed vehicles that had been waiting in line.The strike sparked a huge explosion that engulfed vehicles that had been waiting in line.
Opposition groups say more than 44,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011. Ms Pillay said an "exhaustive" study of all deaths between 15 March 2011 and 30 November 2012 showed 59,648 had been killed between those dates.
"Given there has been no let-up in the conflict since the end of November, we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013," she said.
Opposition groups had put the figure at 44,000.
The opposition figures include only civilians and opposition fighters.
It is not clear whether the UN figures also included military personnel.