Syrian army defector aims rocket-propelled grenade launcher, Homs province, Syria (File photo)
BEIRUT -- Activists say Syrian troops are heavily shelling neighborhoods in the restive central city of Homs.
The Local Coordination Committees activist group says today's bombardment hit a makeshift hospital, causing casualties.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 12 people were killed in the intense shelling.
"We did not sleep all night," Majd Amer, an activist in Homs, said by telephone. Explosions could be heard in the background.
The shelling comes two days after another heavy bombardment.
Activists said Saturday's shelling was the deadliest incident of the uprising, killing more than 200 people in a single day. The regime denied any bombardment, and there was no way to independently confirm the toll.
(Associated Press)