Damascus, Nov. 24 -- A deadly attack on a Sunni Bedouin couple in central Syria's Homs province triggered widespread unrest on Sunday, prompting authorities to deploy security forces, impose a curfew, and urge residents to avoid retaliatory violence amid fears of sectarian escalation.
The unrest followed the early Sunday discovery of a man and his wife from the Bani Khalid Bedouin tribe, killed inside their home in the town of Zaidal, with the woman's body partially burned.
Sectarian-charged graffiti was found at the scene, according to interior authorities.
Murhaf al-Naasan, head of the Internal Security Forces in Homs, condemned the attack as a "heinous crime" aimed at igniting communal discord. Security units launched an immediate inv...