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Some 200 people have been killed in an attack on the Syrian village of Tremseh, opposition activists say. Residents told the activists that the village, in Hama province, was attacked with helicopter gunships and tanks.cheap toms Pro-government Shabiha militia later went in on foot and carried out execution-style killings, they said. State media said “terrorist groups” had carried out a massacre to raise tensions ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on the Syria observer mission. The mandate for the UN mission expires on 20 July. If the casualties in the Tremseh attack are confirmed, it would be the bloodiest single event in the Syrian conflict. Some 16,000 people are thought to have Spain 12/13 Alonso 14 Away Jersey been killed since the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s regime began in March 2011. Individual reports of casualties often cannot be independently verified, as Syria severely restricts journalists’ freedom of movement. High-level defection Reports suggest the army was trying to take back Tremseh after it had fallen into rebel hands. The BBC’s Jim Muir in Beirut says both sides agreed many people were killed in Tremseh, but have totally different versions of what happened. Activists say government forces surrounded the village on Thursday morning and heavily bombarded it for several hours, killing many people. Pro-government militias from nearby Alawite villages then moved in, they said, killing many more villagers and setting fire to houses.toms shoes Others who tried to flee through fields were also gunned down, the activists said. One activist, named Ahmed, told Reuters: “So far, we have 20 victims recorded with names and 60 bodies at a mosque. There are more bodies in the fields, bodies in the rivers and in houses… fmlyn130205 People were trying to flee from the time the shelling started and whole families were killed trying to escape.” Activists have posted a video they say shows the bodies of a number of men and boys killed in Tremseh.