Central Damascus 'hit by explosion'

[jakeXT]

Source: BBC

A powerful explosion has rocked the Syrian capital Damascus, state media report.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said nine people were killed and dozens wounded in the blast in the district of Marjeh.

It is not clear what caused the blast. Gunfire was reportedly heard in the area immediately after the explosion.

Read more: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22351172

[In_The_Wind]

1. Horrible!

[John2]

2. It is a country

is a country at War. Any explosion in that country is common when there is an environment of violence and competing sides.

[Purveyor]

3. Car Bomb Explosion in Damascus Kills 13, State TV Reports

A car bomb in central Damascus killed at least 13 people, Syria’s state television reported, a day after Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi survived a bomb attack in the capital.

More than 70 people were wounded in the explosion in the Marjeh district, according to the report. The device detonated at the gate of the country’s old Interior Ministry building, the Coventry, England-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in an e-mailed statement.

Images broadcast on Al Arabiya television station showed damaged cars, a smoke-filled street and firefighters trying to extinguish flames.

Syrian rebels have targeted high-ranking government officials in their two-year fight to topple President Bashar al- Assad from power. The anti-Assad uprising has killed more than 70,000 people since it started in March 2011, according to United Nations estimates.

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