Bomb near Damascus claims 10 lives - 66 injured -
27 Jul 2013 07:04
Islam Times - 10 citizens were killed and scores injured in a car bomb explosion on Thursday that ripped through al-Siyouf Square in Jaramana city in Damascus countryside.
An official source at Damascus Countryside Police Command said that terrorists blew up a car rigged with big amounts of explosives in the densely-populated area. Ten were killed, among them a woman, and 66 injured, including children.
All the injured were admitted to hospitals in Jaramana and al-Mwassah and Damascus hospitals for treatment.
The car was parking in the square near the entrance of al-Janayen residential neighborhood, SANA reported said, pointing out that the explosion set off fire in a nearby building before firefighters rushed to the area and extinguished the flames.
The terrorist bombing caused large-scale material damage to nearby shops, buildings and infrastructure, the reported added.
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