'They shot patients in beds' – BBC hears claims of massacre at Suweida hospital

[Sanjeev]

During the sectarian hostilities that broke out a little more than a week ago, Syrian government soldiers have been accused of carrying out a massacre at a hospital. Staff at Suweida's National Hospital told the BBC that patients were slain in the wards.

 

[Starmix]

Oh my God, that was a brutal act. Those patients were suffering from an illness, and they wanted to live only to die at the hands of the terrorists.

 

[Min George]

When you are desperately fighting for your life in a facility that is bound to ensure that you don't live.

 

[oliver991]

If this report from Suweida’s hospital is accurate, it’s a clear breach of the Geneva Conventions. Hospitals and patients are protected zones, even during conflict. The immediate priority would be securing evidence and getting third-party observers in, Red Cross, UN investigators, etc. Anything else is speculation until there’s hard verification