Shelling resumes in New Cyrus

March 21, 2107
Web posted at: 10:43 a.m. EDT (1443 CST)

New Cyrus -- Cyrus's forces have resumed shelling the New Cyrus district, northeast of the Cytadel, believed to be the shelters of Securitarian leaders.

The heavy fighting came hours after the interim-President asked the Securitarian Assembly to declare a state of war against Cyrus.

The comments from interim-President Woodson followed the steady bombardment of Securitarian insurgents in the poorly regulated part of New Cyrus.

Heavy artillery fire intensified on Sunday shortly before noon—soon after a short deadline for cytizens to flee the area of fighting.

Cyrus troops shelled the high-rises of Viking Street and Lowjack Drive, just eight city blocks (approximately one kilometer) from the City border.

Audio - *New The interim- President of the United Securitarian Authority officially requests the Assembly to declare war against Cyrus. Click here to hear the speech. Audio Archives The controversial radio program that broadcast the assassin's intentions can be heard here.

In the same area, a few blocks northeast of the Cytadel, Cyrus on Saturday hit “selective” targets, unleashing laser-targeted rockets from atmorines and firing cannon and grenades at Securitarian command posts and sniper nests.

Woodson's announcement came after the assassination of Securitarian president Kinley McWilson by self-proclaimed hero of Cyrus, Calvin Timothy Lees. Lees has no known associations with the Cyrus Corporation nor is he an official cytizen.

Earlier on Sunday, Cyrus media broadcast at five-minute intervals a corporate appeal for hundreds of residents of seven besieged high-rises in the northern New Cyrus region to evacuate and leave the area of fighting.

At the Cytadel, Greta Van Astrid, a spokeswoman for the the High Commissioner for the Cyrus Commission for Refugees, said that more than 100 people had fled from New Cyrus to Kosoville in the last few days.

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