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Monday, December 24, 2012

Reports: Poisonous Gas Sprayed in Homs Leaving Seven Dead, Scores Sick


Seven people have died in Homs, Syria after activists in the region claim they inhaled a poisonous gas sprayed by government forces in a rebel-held neighborhood.

Al Jazeera reports that scores of others were affected in al-Bayyada neighborhood.

According to what is being reported on the ground, people are suffering from side effects such as nausea, relaxed muscles, blurred vision, and breathing difficulties.

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