At least 45 women and children were stabbed and burned to death late Sunday in the Syrian city of Homs, opposition activists said, after peace talks between a U.N. special envoy and the Syrian regime failed to yield a cease-fire.
The slaughter in Homs took place in the Karm al Zaytoun neighborhood, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a network of opposition activists. The Adawiya neighborhood of Homs was also involved, according to the London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights.