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| Al-Qubeir massacre | |
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| Part of the Syrian civil war | |
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| Location | Al-Qubeir, Hama, Syria |
| Coordinates | 35°10′37″N 36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E |
| Date | 6 June 2012 |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 55–78 |
The Al-Qubeir massacre (Arabic: مجزرة القبير), also known as the Hama massacre, occurred in the small village of Al-Qubeir near Hama, Syria, on 6 June 2012 during the country's ongoing civil conflict. Al-Qubeir is described as a Sunni farming settlement surrounded by Alawite villages in the central province of Hama.[1] According to preliminary evidence, troops had surrounded the village which was followed by pro-government Shabiha militia entering the village and killing civilians with "barbarity," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the UN Security Council.[2]
Activists, and witnesses[3] stated that scores of civilians, including children, had been killed by Shabiha militia and security forces, while the Syrian government said that nine people had been killed by "terrorists".[4] It was further claimed by the Syrian National Council that 35 of the people killed were from the same Al Yatim family and more than half of them were women and children.[5]
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