(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121023-aleppo-syria-953a.photoblog600.jpg)ReutersDebris lie near a building damaged by a jet's missile in Aleppo, Syria, on Oct. 23. By NBC News wire servicesSyrian government forces killed at least 20 people on Tuesday when they shelled a bakery in a neighborhood under rebel control in the contested northern city of Aleppo, opposition activists said.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) The dead included women and children, they said. Video footage, which could not be immediately verified, showed decapitated bodies amid scattered bread loaves.
Two shells hit the bakery, located in the eastern Hananu neighborhood, in the early afternoon, said Majd Nour, an opposition campaigner in Aleppo. Free Syrian Army fighters were guarding it at the time, he said.
Aleppo is Syria's biggest city and commercial hub. Rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad launched an offensive to capture it last month and street fighting has taken place on a daily basis since then.
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