The officials are telling a different story. They are saying that in the middle of all the protest were 19 people who were members of the loyalist force.
A doctor revealed that there were 40 people wounded. As far as people who had died, there were only 5 that the families were able to claim the bodies of to bury them at this time.
There were reports stating that doctors were not permitted to treat the wounded waiting for help at the hospital. As they waited they could still hear firing of weapons in the distance.
The state agency, SANA, is stating that it was unknown men who shot into the crowd of protesters. A security guard died and dozens others were injured.
As an ambulance was transporting wounded to the hospital, the operator was shot and killed.
There were many arrest on Friday due to the violence.
The protest started when there were thousands of people leaving the mosques about the city and ended up in the central square of Daraa.
Protesters are wanting more freedom when it comes to politics and want political prisoners to be let go.
According to a witness, the armed security forces gathered around the crowd and began shooting into it.
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