(CNN) -- Four straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered.

That's how activists in Homs described the situation today. One, identified only as Abu Rami, out of fear for his safety, said he hears explosions every few minutes from bombs launched by unseen forces outside the city limits.

Not even infants or medical crews have been spared, he said, calling it "a huge crime against humanity."

"They are shelling from a far distance," Abu Rami said. "They are using many kinds of weapons -- heavy weapons, anti-aircraft, they are using nail bombs."

 

He said more than 60 people have been killed in Homs, including women and children and five infants who died at a hospital because the electricity was cut off. Medical conditions are worsening too, he said.

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