June 5, 2011 9:08 PM

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15 pro-Palestinian protesters die as Israeli troops open fire

Syrian official news agency Sana reports that, four people have been killed and 15 others wounded when Israeli troops opened fire across the Syrian frontier today to disperse hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who stormed the border of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Reports say that several wounded people were taken away by demonstrators. The unrest marked the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mid-east war.Israeli military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich accused Syria of instigating the disturbances to deflect attention from its bloody crackdown on a popular uprising at home.

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