23 dead in Syrian army attack on Hama — activist

NICOSIA — At least 23 people were killed on Sunday when the Syrian military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama in central Syria, a human rights activist said.

“The army and security forces entered Hama this morning and opened fire on civilians, killing 23 and wounding several more,” Rami Abdel Rahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said by telephone.