When a state kills its own citizens

What does it look like when a state kills its own citizens [people the state is meant to protect]?

Here, just seconds before death and destruction hits, a Syrian fighter plane fires rockets into the northern Syrian town of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo on 9 August:

Via The Daily Telegraph - a photo gallery of stunning shots by Goran Tomasevic in Syria for Reuters

Here, at about the same time as the photo taken above, Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as boys watch and as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike on Tel Rafaat:

Goran Tomasevic photo of Free Syrian Army fighters in Tel Rafat on 9 August 2012

These photos are part of a photo gallery of Goran Tomasevic’s photos for Reuters, over a 12-day period in Syria, published by The Telegraph, here.

A day earlier, on 8 August in the same town, another Syrian Air Force attack destroyed homes in Tel Rafat:
Residents dig for bodies in Tel Rafat on 8 August after Syrian Air Force strike - Goran Tomasevic for Reuters

The body of a boy was found in the rubble of his home in Tel Rafat on 8 August:
Goran Tomasevic in Tel Rafat on 8 August for Reuters

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