Opposition: Warplanes bomb Syrian bakery, kill scores - CNN International

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  • NEW: One activist says more than 100 people were killed
  • NEW: Dozens of bodies blown into street, resident says
  • Activists say MiG planes bombed a bakery in western Syria
  • Videos posted on social media show rebel soldiers, civilians rushing to scene


(CNN) -- Scores of people standing in line for bread were killed when Syrian warplanes bombed a bakery in the western village of Halfaya, opposition activists said Sunday.
More than 90 people were killed, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said. The death toll could rise, the activist group said.
An activist who lives in Halfaya told CNN more than 100 people were killed.
"There were dozens of dead thrown in the street. The residents were shocked and in a state of fear. It was chaotic," Mahmoud Alawy said.
Videos posted on social media purported to show the aftermath of the attack. Many bodies had limbs apparently blown off and others lay bloody in the streets and in rubble strewn over a sidewalk. Uniformed Free Syrian Army soldiers and civilians scramble to pull survivors out of the carnage.
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CNN cannot independently confirm government or opposition reports out of Syria, as the government has restricted access by journalists.
The town has lacked the ingredients for bread for about a week until an aid group delivered provisions Saturday, Alawy said. Hundreds of people lined up at the bakery on Sunday, he said.
He claimed the government has been targeting large gatherings of people with artillery shells in the recent days since the Free Syrian Army liberated the town from Syrian forces.
The Hama Revolution Command Council, a network of activists affiliated with the FSA in Hama province, said MiG warplanes bombed the bakery.
Many Syrians face food shortages and other needs as winter weather sets in. The United Nations estimates that more than 2.5 million need humanitarian assistance.
Earlier in the week, opposition groups also said rebels and regime forces battled near a hospital in Halfaya. Twenty-five people died there, the LCC said.
CNN's Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report.
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