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Aleppo official: civilians face 'general massacre'

(15 Dec 2016) Brita Haj Hassan, head of the local council of rebel-held Aleppo, warned on Thursday that there are 50,000 civilians in eastern Aleppo who "are about to be victims of a general massacre." Speaking to journalists outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Hassan said that there are 800 critically injured people in the city who need to be evacuated urgently and a further 5,000 who are also hurt and need to leave. It comes as residents in eastern Aleppo started to board buses and ambulances as the long-awaited pullout from the last rebel enclave in the embattled Syrian city got underway. The evacuation is part of a ceasefire deal reached this week to have the opposition surrender their last foothold in Aleppo to Syrian government control in the face of a devastating ground and air offensive by government forces. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...