I've been looking at news reports on this - first it was 40 police killed, then 80 police killed, then 120 police killed, and now it's 28 police killed?
I think the state controlled media is trying to set the stage for an even bigger crackdown and violence against protesters.
I think Assad's father did something like that before pulverizing the Islamacist revolt in Homs back in the 1970’s.