Unrest expands to Syrian university

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Unrest expands to Syrian university

Military moves into port city on Mediterranean

By Fredrick Kunkle

Washington Post / April 12, 2011

CAIRO — Syria's military moved into the Mediterranean port of Banias early

yesterday, human rights workers and activists said, a day after at least 13

people, including four demonstrators and nine members of the state's security

forces, were killed in violent clashes there.

Other antigovernment activists reported that the unrest in Syria had reached

Damascus University, Syria's oldest and most prestigious institution of higher

learning, in the nation's capital.

A demonstration by up to 1,500 university students turned violent yesterday when

security forces raided the gathering. Protesters said one student was killed,

the Associated Press reported. There were conflicting reports about whether the

student was shot or beaten to death.