Syrian forces raid Hama,official resigns in protest

Syrian forces raided houses in Hama for the second day on Thursday,hours after the citys attorney general declared on YouTube that he had resigned in protest against the suppression of street demonstrations. Residents of Hama said security police and state militiamen,shabbiha,raided houses in the al-Sabouniya and al-Marabet districts,after troops backed by tanks arrested dozens in two other neighbourhoods.

The attorney-general of Hama said he had resigned because security forces killed 72 jailed protesters and activists at Hamas central jail on the eve of the military assault on July 31. He said 420 people were killed in the operation and were buried in mass graves.

I,Judge Adnan Mohammad al-Bakkour,Hama province Attorney-General,declare that I have resigned in protest of the savage regimes practices against peaceful demonstrators, Bakkour said in a YouTube video.