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roadside restaurants: The resident, citing eyewitnesses, told The Associated Press that the gunmen randomly opened fire on roadside restaurants in a drive-by shooting outside Ein al-Ajouz as Christians were celebrating a feast day. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Activists however said that many of those killed were pro-government militiamen manning checkpoints. DAMASCUS, Syria - Gunmen shot dead 11 people, mostly Christians, near a town in central Syria on Saturday, state media and activists said, an attack described by a local resident as aimed at members of the religious minority. The state-run SANA news agency described the attack as a "massacre" and said women and children were among the dead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.