Workers examine damage at the Embassy of Syria in Canberra on Sunday after it was ransacked by a mob of 50 men. (AP

Published: Feb 5, 2012 11:00 Updated: Feb 5, 2012 11:57

CANBERRA, Australia: A mob ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Syria’s nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent, officials said Sunday. The attack in Australia’s capital, Canberra, follows at least six others at Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East.

Activists say Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs before dawn Saturday, pounding restive neighborhoods with mortars and artillery. The government denies the reports.

Australian police said the mob smashed into the embassy in a diplomatic precinct Saturday night and caused extensive damage to the ground floor of the two-story building.

Syrian Charge d’Affaires Jawdat Ali told the Associated Press that 50 men smashed through the front door, destroyed furniture and stole computers.

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Note by the editor: We do not recommend such violent protests. We thought that the protesters wanted to show that they were better in behavior than the Syrian Government?