More Deaths With Syrian Protests

Aljazeera reports:

Syrian security forces have shot dead four people, including a 16-year-old boy, during fresh anti-government protests, an activist group has said.

The Local Co-ordination Committee, a group that documents the demonstrations, said three people were killed in the central city of Homs while a teen died in the southern village of Dael.

Fresh protests were also reported from Hama, Deraa, Der al-Zour, Jableh and other cities after morning prayers on Friday.

An activist said security forces had opened fire on protesters in the coastal city of Baniyas.

"There was intense firing to disperse the demonstrations in Baniyas and there were casualties" among the protesters, Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the London-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, told the AFP news agency.

Other activists reported that heavy machine gunfire had been heard in the Bab Tudmor area in Homs, and  witnesses said security forces had dispersed a protest in Latakia.