Syria crisis: University of Damascus hit by mortars 28 March 2013 Last updated at 12:49 Mortar fire has hit the University of Damascus, killing at least 10 students, Syrian officials say. Syrian state TV blamed rebels for the attack, saying a number of people had also been injured. It said the mortars had hit the university's faculty of architecture. The Syrian capital is in the grip of heavy fighting between government and rebel forces, who have recently intensified the use of mortars in the city, correspondents say. State-run al-Ikhbariya TV said the mortars had hit a canteen. The station showed footage of doctors trying to save victims amid a scene of upturned tables and chairs, shattered glass and blood on the floor. The attack on the university was also reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, AFP news agency said. It said several rounds had hit but did not give further details. At least five people have been killed by mortar fire in the centre of Damascus since Monday, AFP said. Mortars landed near the university's law faculty earlier this week. The UN says at least 70,000 people have been killed in the fighting in Syria since protests against President Bashar al-Assad began two years ago.