An armed terrorist group on Wednesday perpetrated a heinous massacre, slaughtering 14 civilians including women and children in Khattab village in northwestern countryside of Hama province.

A source at Hama Police Command told SANA that an armed terrorist group sneaked Wednesday at dawn into Khattab village and perpetrated a terrifying carnage. The terrorists slaughtered fourteen innocent people and mutilated their bodies, the source added.
“Bodies of seven women and a girl were admitted to Hama National Hospital with clear signs of torture on them,” Head of the General Commission of Hama National Hospital Dr. Salim Khallouf said, adding that some of the bodies were decapitated with stabbing marks found in several parts of their bodies.
Dr. Khallouf clarified that two injured people were also transferred and they are getting the suitable treatement.
Separately, a citizen got injured when terrorists fired two rocket shells on al-Abbasa neighborhood in Homs city yesterday evening.

A source at the province said that the two shells landed near al-Iman School in al-Abbasa neighborhood, injuring a citizen and causing material damage to residents’ properties