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| Syria conflict: At least 93,000 killed, says UN | Syria conflict: At least 93,000 killed, says UN |
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| At least 93,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the conflict, according to latest United Nations figures. | At least 93,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the conflict, according to latest United Nations figures. |
| This represents a rise of more than 30,000 since the UN last issued figures covering the period to November 2012. | |
| At least 5,000 people have been dying in Syria every month since last July, the UN says. | At least 5,000 people have been dying in Syria every month since last July, the UN says. |
| But it says these statistics are an underestimate as it believes many deaths are unreported. | But it says these statistics are an underestimate as it believes many deaths are unreported. |
| Over 80% of those killed were men, but the UN says it has also documented the deaths of over 1,700 children under the age of 10. | Over 80% of those killed were men, but the UN says it has also documented the deaths of over 1,700 children under the age of 10. |
| There were "cases of individual children being tortured and executed, and entire families, including babies, being massacred - which, along with this devastatingly high death toll, is a terrible reminder of just how vicious this conflict has become," UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said in a statement. | There were "cases of individual children being tortured and executed, and entire families, including babies, being massacred - which, along with this devastatingly high death toll, is a terrible reminder of just how vicious this conflict has become," UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said in a statement. |
| The revised toll came the day after a separate global UN report called the number of deaths among Syrian children "unbearable". | |
| The study said government forces and rebels were using boys and girls as "suicide bombers or human shields". |