Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed?

http://rt.com/news/syria-assad-death-rumor-762/

Assad death report dismissed as ‘ridiculous’ rumorMedia websites were abuzz with rumors of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s death on Sunday, after he had supposedly been shot the previous day. But RT later heard from a source close to the government that the news is completely untrue.

The president was reportedly shot dead by his Iranian bodyguard, then taken to a Damascus hospital, as roads were blocked and the surrounding buildings seized by government forces. Then, French weekly, Le Point, reported that the news was denied by the Free Syrian Army. All while some Israeli and Lebanese sources confirmed Assad’s death.

However, a source close to the Syrian government, in a conversation with RT, has dismissed the rumors as outlandish, and the fact that the news had spread at all, bizarre. “It’s not true. Definitely it’s not. The first one to bring this news was an Israeli [website] so it’s a shame to all the news channels, newspapers and websites copying this thing without any source. Just the Israeli website brought this news and all the channels [used]. So it’s ridiculous. And he [Assad] doesn’t have an Iranian bodyguard.”

Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter have widely been blamed for the rumor spreading so quickly.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed by his own bodyguard and Assad is dead anymore this rumor spread on the Internet.
http://www.nationalturk.com/en/syrian-civil-war-president-bashar-al-assad-dead-rumor-syria-conflict-news-35906
A rumor about the killed of Syrian President Bashar al- Assad was massively shared on social media websites on Sunday evening.

“News about Bashar al-Assad being shot dead by his Iranian bodyguard have not been confirmed yet,” the magazine said, revealing that the opposition’s Free Syrian Army has denied such reports.

Noting that “tweets and Facebook comments helped in largely and rapidly disseminating the rumor”, French magazine Le Point remarked: “Social media websites were the primary source of this rumor.”

The reported news shared that Assad was shot on Saturday and was transferred to a Damascus hospital, as roads were blocked and buildings surrounding the location were firmly seized by the Syrian government army.

Meanwhile, other websites said: “Israeli and Lebanese intteligent sources have confirmed the death of Syria’s president.”