(CNN) -- Violence engulfed Syria a day after bloody unrest swept the country, opposition activists said on Saturday.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria said a child was killed, security forces shot and shelled targets, and an oil pipeline exploded in Deir Ezzor province.
Security forces killed a man in the Homs province town of Hawleh, and explosions and shooting rang out in the Homs' city neighborhood of Baba Amr, the LCC said.
An activist died after an ambush by regime forces in the Daraa province town of Al-Gharia Al-Sharqiya, the activists said.
In the Damascus suburbs, security forces killed a man at a checkpoint of Harasta when they shot at his car. Also in those suburbs, corpses were discovered at a farm and clashes occurred between soldiers and the Free Syrian Army, the resistance force comprised of military defectors.
In Aleppo city, security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas grenades to disperse mourners who gathered for a funeral.
On Friday, at least 60 people died amid countrywide mass demonstrations across Syria. Activist stage nationwide protests every Friday, and the LCC said people turned out for 588 demonstrations.
The United Nations last month estimated that more than 5,000 people have died since March, when the government launched a crackdown against peaceful demonstrators. But activist groups estimate a higher death toll, with counts near or exceeding 7,000 people.
Diplomats at the U.N. Security Council are considering a draft resolution that calls on President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power to his vice president.
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