Security footage from a hospital in southern Syria published on Sunday appears to show men in military garb killing an unarmed medical volunteer, according to videos verified by The New York Times, the latest grisly images of the wave of sectarian violence that erupted in Syria last month and left more than 1,000 dead.
The footage shows armed men in military fatigues entering Sweida National Hospital on July 16, days after the Syrian government sent military forces to the southern Sweida Province to quell clashes between armed Bedouin groups and militias from the Druse, a minority in Syria that practices an ancient offshoot of Shia Islam.
Inside the hospital, the fighters direct a crowd of people, some in scrubs and others in civilian clothing, into an entryway, and the footage appears to show the armed men ordering the people to kneel with their hands up.
One of the fighters then shoots him with a rifle. A few seconds later, another shoots him with a handgun.
The footage — published online by Verify Syria, a fact-checking blog based in the country, and circulated widely on social media — reflects the deepening tensions that have embroiled southern Syria since the violence erupted last month. The Times verified the footage by matching interior details with recent publicly available video of the National Hospital, and by identifying the same individuals in multiple videos.
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