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The mother of Alaa Milhem, 22, grieves over her dead son in the city of Maarat Al Noman on June 9, 2012. Alaa was a student of French Literature at the University of Aleppo and had been studying for exams when the shelling started. He was killed by a mortar shell fired by the Syrian Army while trying to help injured civilians around him.

Photojournalist Nicole Tung documented the aftermath of a mortar attack by Syrian Army forces last week. She writes for LightBox about the harrowing images and a family suffering in grief. See more here.