Graphic Video Claims Killed Western Reporters Buried in Homs

A Syrian activist video claims to show the burial of American journalist Marie Colvin in Homs on Monday.

Colvin, a renowned foreign correspondent from Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, was killed along with French photographer Remy Ochlik in a mortar strike on Homs on Feb. 22.

In the videos, a man who says he is Dr Mohammed Ahmed al-Mohammed and who frequently appears in videos from the neighborhood, says activists decided to bury the two on February 27 because the neighborhood lacked electricity to keep the bodies refrigerated. They had started to decay, he says.

Al-Mohammed praises the work of the journalists, who sneaked into Syria to report on the 11-month-old uprising that the UN says has left more than 7500 people dead. Activists put the number at more than 8000.

The Syrian government has prevented most reporters from working in the country.

"Marie Colvin was martyred in Baba Amr because she was sending a heavenly message, a humanitarian message," al-Mohammed says in one video, appearing to be on the verge of tears. "She was telling the truth about what is happening in Baba Amr. May God be merciful to you, Marie, as we bury you in this garden."

It is difficult to verify any information as Syria is still not letting in Western journalists.

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