on the bright side, officials say the number of injuries is down from last year. 2012 is off to an ugly start in syria. government opposition activists say at least ten people were killed today. the arrival of arab league monitors the past week has apparently done nothing to end the violence. and now critics within the arab league say the monitors should leave. muhammad janjum is watching developments for us. reporter: reports of more violence and demonstrations in syria. in the flash point city, reports that people gathered there new year s eve, into the new year for an anti-government demonstration in which they were chanting anti-regime slogans and saying that they wished for a new year free of the bashar al assad regime. they were also amateur videos reporting to show cakes that were baked that were on display wishing syria a new year without
on the bright side, officials say the number of injuries is down from last year. 2012 is off to an ugly start in syria. government opposition activists say at least ten people were killed today. the arrival of arab league monitors the past week has apparently done nothing to end the violence. and now critics within the arab league say the monitors should leave. muhammad janjum is watching developments for us. reporter: reports of more violence and demonstrations in syria. reports that people gathered there new year s eve, into the new year for an anti-government demonstration in which they were chanting anti-regime slogans and saying that they wished for a new year free of the bashar al assad regime. they were also amateur videos reporting to show cakes that were baked that were on display wishing syria a new year without
new year s celebrations got out of hand in the philippines. health officials say firecrackers injured around 450 people in the capital manila. another 18 people were hit by stray bullets fired into the air. four people became sick after apparently mistaking fireworks for candy and swallowing it. on the bright side, officials say the number of injuries is down from last year. 2012 is off to an ugly start in syria. government opposition activists say at least ten people were killed today. the arrival of arab league monitors the past week has apparently done nothing to end the violence. and now critics within the arab league say the monitors should leave. mohammed jamjoom is watching developments for us from cairo. reporter: reports of more violations and demonstrations in syria. the city of homs reports that
authorities have a name and they have a picture of the man they are hunting. this is him. benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so let s get more on this story. to mt. rainier national park and to komo tv. what s the latest on the manhunt? we just stepped away from a police briefing seconds before we hit air here. what they are trying to tell us is the severity of barnes, the power and danger he potentially poses. they have not fully named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this particular shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background. definitely some familiarity with military weapons. we were told the car he owns w
they re hunting. this is him, benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so, let s get more on this story today mt. rainier national park we go and to the latest on the manhunt from john hum bert. reporter: we just had a briefing before we came on air here and they re trying to tell us the severity of barnes, the danger and power he poses. they have not officially named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning, when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background, definitely familiarity with military weapons. we were told that the car he owns was found at the location. that had a cache of armor, also other weapons and survivalis