The Houla massacre left more than 100 Syrians dead. Some of them were women. Most of them were children.
The Syrian President Bashar Assad has denied responsibility. But the United Nations has pinned the blame mostly on his government.
Today, All Things Considered spoke to Hamza Oumar, an activist based in the city. He described the scene for Melissa Block. He said after the heavy shelling stopped, the men of the pro-government militia known as Shabiha went door to door.
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