Two Palestinian refugees killed in Syria camps

30 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013 الساعة . 12:03 م   بتوقيت القدس

The working group for the Palestinians in Syria reported that two Palestinian refugees died on Saturday due to the continued shelling and siege on Syria refugee camps.

The group said in a press statement on Sunday that a young man from Daraa camp was killed by shrapnel of mortar shells that fell on the camp, while a woman in Yarmouk camp died of starvation because of the blockade imposed on the camp.

It added that Tarchiha neighborhood in Handarat camp in Aleppo was bombed, which resulted in significant damages in the place, pointing out that most of the camp residents have fled due to the continued clashes and shelling.

Violent clashes also took place in Daraa camp between groups of the free army and the regular army and a number of shells fell on different places, causing no casualties, the activists reported.

They noted that the Yarmouk camp is suffering a humanitarian disaster after running out of food and medicine because of the continued siege imposed by the Syrian army forces and groups of the Popular Front - General Command - on the camp for 165 days unabated.

The working group pointed that in December 2013 eleven refugees died in the camp due to malnutrition, while power outages has continued for more than a year.