Up to six people are reported to have been killed in protests across Syria despite an order from the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, to security forces not to fire on protesters.
A leading human rights activist said on Friday three people were killed in Homs, two in Damascus and one in a village outside Deraa, the southern city where the revolt began two months ago. He asked that his name not be used for fear of government reprisal.
"At first they opened fire in the air, but the people continued on their way, and then they shot directly into the crowd," an eyewitness told the Associated Press news agency by telephone from Homs.
Another rights campaigner said security police fired at a night demonstration in the eastern town of Mayadeen, injuring four people.
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