Residents were shot at checkpoints and by snipers, they said.

平民常常在检查点被狙击手射杀，他们说道。

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We asked the snipers to surrender: They didn't, so we shot them.

一名叫做萨哈·穆哈默德·哈利勒的战士说：“我们让狙击手投降，他们不肯，所以我们向他们射击。

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He said that at the time snipers took their shot, Phillips's hands were bound.

他还说，当狙击手开枪射击时，菲利普斯的双手是被捆绑着的。

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We tried to avoid being shot by snipers at the City Inn Hotel and the building next to it.

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If people tried to leave the area, they were shot at by snipers.

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Basilios Nassar, a Greek Orthodox priest from the central city of Hama, was shot and killed by government snipers in January while he was helping evacuate the wounded in clashes in one neighborhood, Christian activists say.

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