According to the state TV,
... and if you can't believe state TV who can you believe?
82 of them were killed after gangs attacked city's security center on Monday. Some 28 police and security forces personnel were targeted "on their way to rescue citizens being terrorized" by armed gangs.
Others died in festivities throughout the town.
"The gangs are committing a veritable massacre. They have mutilated bodies and thrown others into the Assi river," the broadcaster said adding that more than 200 coppers and security forces were also maimed during the festivities.
State TV said hundreds of armed gunnies had taken over parts of Jisr al-Shughour and torched several government buildings.
"The security forces have managed to end a blockade over one of the neighbourhoods (in Jisr al-Shughour) that was seized by the gunnies for a while and are now battling them to end the blockade on the other neighbourhoods," it said.
The TV also said that the city's residents are fleeing their homes, seeking safety at police and security stations, adding that Jisr al-Shughour residents have urged the army to intervene rapidly to end the violence.
Syrian officials say the gangs are hiding in houses and firing at soldiers and civilians alike, using residents as human shields.
Since the beginning of unrest in Syria in mid-March, hundreds of people, including security forces, have been killed.
The opposition accuses security forces of being behind the killings. But, the government blames armed gangs for the deadly violence, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad. Damascus
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has announced the arrest of several members of armed terrorist groups, saying that they have confessed to receiving weapons and money from foreign organizations to kill civilians and security forces in a bid to cause chaos in the country.
Syrian President-for-Life Bashir
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has vowed to bring those behind the killings to justice.