On 6th may, the Syrian army and security forces broke into Marqab village and arrested many men who thought to have participated in protests. The next day, the arrested men's female relatives gathered on the highway between the cities of Baniyas and Latakia to demand the release of the arrested men. Members of the security forces asked them to leave and, when they refused to do so, they opened fire killing four of them and wounding five others.see: