Syria insurgents killed at least 14 civilians in the village of Khatab in central Hama province overnight.

Syria insurgents killed at least 14 civilians in the village of Khatab in central Hama province overnight.

Official news agency said the terrorists out a massacre against 14 civilians, including women and children.

"An armed terrorist group infiltrated the village of Khatab at dawn and committed a massacre among the civilian residents, killing 14 of them," SANA quoted a police source in the city as saying.

For its part, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "14 residents of Khatab in the northwestern Hama countryside were killed, including seven (female) civilians,” by the insurgents.

The group said the terrorists accused the residents of "collaboration"  with the Syrian government, and executed the 14.