Syria regime has killed 2,900 'with knives': opposition

December 10, 2013 21:44

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have killed some 2,900 people "with knives," the opposition National Coalition said in a new report today.

The publication, timed to coincide with International Human Rights Day, accuses Syrian government forces of carrying out "at least 20 massacres that involved the slaughter of 2,885 people" with knives and other crude weapons.

The victims, the report said, include "more than 200 children and 120 women."

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