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Syrian security personnel killed in drive-by shooting

Syrian government and rebel news outlets did not identify the perpetrators of the attack.
A Syrian army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in the village of Kafr Nabl in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 7, 2020 as government forces assumed control over it.

Two Syrian security officers were shot dead in central Syria on Monday.

Two masked individuals shot at guard post in a motorcycle drive-by shooting in Hama early in the morning. The perpetrators used an automatic weapon to kill two members of the Internal Security Forces, Syria’s official SANA news outlet reported.

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