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attack by government forces on the besieged city. one of the single most horrifying moments in syria occurred late last month. scores of people died in a town called douma as a result of government shelling. nearly three weeks later, we have our hands on video documenting this tragedy. shes live with us. take us back to what happened in douma on june 29th. >> reporter: the reason why its taken three weeks to get our hands on that video is because the activists that wanted to shoot it...

We are getting word of a chemical attack. we want to warn our viewers of its graphic nature. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they certainly are disturbing, fredricka. all of this only happened about eight miles from where i am now in a place called douma, dhas suburb of damascus east of that city. apparently all of this happened at around 8:20 p.m. last night when, as you mentioned, helicopters of the syrian military were hovering over that place and then apparently dropped some canisters. af...