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| Syria crisis: University of Damascus hit by mortars | |
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| Mortar fire has hit the University of Damascus, killing at least 10 students, Syrian officials say. | |
| Syrian state TV blamed rebels for the attack, saying a number of people had also been injured. | |
| It said the mortars had hit the university's faculty of architecture. | It said the mortars had hit the university's faculty of architecture. |
| The Syrian capital is in the grip of heavy fighting between government and rebel forces, who have recently intensified the use of mortars in the city, correspondents say. | |
| State-run al-Ikhbariya TV said the mortars had hit a canteen. The station showed footage of doctors trying to save victims amid a scene of upturned tables and chairs, shattered glass and blood on the floor. | |
| The attack on the university was also reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, AFP news agency said. It said several rounds had hit but did not give further details. | The attack on the university was also reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, AFP news agency said. It said several rounds had hit but did not give further details. |
| At least five people have been killed by mortar fire in the centre of Damascus since Monday, AFP said. Mortars landed near the university's law faculty earlier this week. | |
| The UN says at least 70,000 people have been killed in the fighting in Syria since protests against President Bashar al-Assad began two years ago. |