Syrian rebels overrun Aleppo police stations, kill 40

BEIRUT (AFP) - Rebels overran two police stations in Aleppo on Tuesday killing at least 40 policemen, a watchdog said, as fighting for control of Syria’s commercial capital raged into a fourth day.

“Hundreds of rebels attacked the police stations in Salhin and Bab al-Nayrab (neighbourhoods) and at least 40 policemen were killed during the fighting, which lasted for hours” said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The police chief was among those killed at the Salhin station in the south of the city, while three vehicles were destroyed, he added.

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