Protesters break into the administration building of Al-Suweida in Syria

Protesters in the province of As-Suwayda in southern Syria broke into the building of the local administration, radio station Sham FM reported on Twitter.

According to her, protesters broke furniture, burned or threw government documents out of windows, some papers were stolen. Opening "indiscriminate fire", they wounded a policeman and several citizens.

Initially, dozens of people gathered in front of the local government building to protest the harsh living conditions and rising fuel prices, Sham FM notes. According to the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, 200 people came out to the rally, they chanted calls for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. The protesters tore and burned his photo, adds Syria TV.

According to Sham FM, the protesters set fire to tires and blocked the main highway in the administrative center. They tried to storm the building of the police department, they were opposed by the guards, one officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A Suwayda 24 source in the medical services said that two people (a protester and a policeman) died as a result of the riots, and four others were injured.