At least 400 civilians killed in the revolt of the Syria: Group - Reuters

AMMAN. Tue April 26, 2011 1 pm EDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - the Syrian security forces shot dead at least 400 civilians in their campaign to crush the pro-democracy protests of long months, Sawasiah Syrian human rights organization said on Tuesday.

The group, founded by Mohannad al-Hassani imprisoned human rights lawyer, said that the United Nations Security Council should convene to start proceedings against the Syrian in the international criminal court officials and "reigns in security apparatus".

"This savage behavior, which aims to maintain the clique of decision power to the detriment of a growing number of life of civilians, calls for immediate international action beyond the convictions," Sawasiah said in a statement sent to Reuters.

"The murderers in the Syrian regime must be held accountable." The rivers of the blood by this oppressive regime over the past four decades are enough, said the statement.

Board of Directors of Sawasiah includes philosophy Syrian Professor Sadiq Jalal al-Azem, the book "Self-criticism after the defeat" helped to prepare the ground for a revival in Arab political thought after the victory of Israel in the 1967 war in the Middle East.

Separately, the Syrian human rights observatory, said security police arrested rights activist Qassem al-Ghazzawi Tuesday in his hometown of Deir al - Zor in the Syria is poor after protests intensified in the region last week.

The Observatory also said Mahmoud Issa, an activist and a former political prisoner arrested last week in the city of Homs, submitted to a military court Tuesday on charges of "owning a Thuraya satellite phone and edge computing."

(Reported by Khaled Yacoub Oweis;) (Editing by Louise Ireland)

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Dutch mall, shooting at least 6 dead leaves

A gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon at a mall outside Amsterdam Saturday, making at least six dead and 11 others injured, said Dutch officials.

The Government of the city of Alphen aan den Rijn announced initially on his account Twitter that four people died in the shooting at the Mall Ridderhof, but Mayor Bas Eenhoorn said more later six had died, including the shooter.

The suburb is less than 25 kilometres southwest of Amsterdam.

A witness identified as Maart Verbeek said diffuser to state our forward had a gun and that he had seen at least five people he believed were killed and more than many injured.

"There was panic in the shopping centre, many people running," said Verbeek, a pet store owner. "I see coming forward, walk and I'm going inside the store... and I see passes with a big gun."

Dutch television channel our cited witnesses as saying the man later himself bullet in the head with a second weapon, a pistol.

The gunman was described as being of about 25 years and pants to wear camouflage and leather jacket.

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