At Syrian forces raid university 4 students killed

On Thursday, Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an anti-government protest at Aleppo University

Activists said- firing tear gas and bullets in an hours long siege that killed at least four students and forced the closure of the state-run school.

The UN estimates 9,000 people have been killed since the revolt began, and a peace plan brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nearly a month ago has done little to stem the bloodshed.

It was not clear how long the university would remain closed following the siege, which began late yesterday when around 1,500 students held a protest against President.

 Pro-regime students attacked the crowd with knives before security forces swept in, firing tear gas and then live ammunition, activists said.

student activist Thaer al-Ahmed said:  "Some students ran to their rooms to take cover but they were followed to their rooms, beaten up and arrested" . "Others suffered cuts and broken bones as they tried to flee."

Raids and intermittent gunfire continued for about five hours through early today, he said, adding that dozens of people were wounded, some critically, and 200 students were arrested.
It was an unusually violent incident in Aleppo, a major economic hub that has remained largely loyal to Assad and has been spared the kind of daily bloodshed that has plagued other Syrian cities over the course of the 14-month-old uprising.

There have been a string of bombings near government security buildings in Aleppo and the capital, Damascus, adding a mysterious element to the anti-government revolt. 

 Aleppo has been quiet. But university students many from rebellious areas such as the northern Idlib province have been staging almost daily protests calling for the fall of Assad. 

Why Rabindra MBA graduate burns self to death?

 A 30-year-old youth  has been found burnt to death in Barrackpore on the northern fringes of the city. Police suspect he set himself on fire because he couldn't get a job despite having an MBA degree. The victim, Rabindra Sharma, was a resident of Kailash Ghosh Street in Haridevpur. An Asutosh College graduate, he completed his MBA around five years ago and joined a private bank but quit in six months. He could not get a job after that and fell into depression, his family said . "He was undergoing treatment and often went out of home, saying he had an interview," said Kamal Sharma, Rabindra's elder brother.
His family last saw him on April 25, when he left for an 'interview at Salt Lake'. No one suspected anything. But when he did not return till late in the night, his family lodged a complaint with Haridevpur police station. On the Meanwhile, late afternoon on April 25, locals had seen a youth pour an inflammable liquid on himself and set it on fire near a school on Barrackpore Road, behind the court. Some passersby tried to save him but he was charred within minutes. Police found him with serious burn injuries and took him to hospital but he died on the way.
The body remained unidentified for four days. The missing person's squad of Kolkata Police then sent details of Rabindra and it looked like a possible match. Kamal.said "Barrackpore police called us on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday I identified my brother,"