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Rockets hit Russian embassy in Damscus
Damascus, Oct 13 (IBNS) Two rockets hit the Russian embassy in Damascus on Tuesday, reports said.
A professional photographer, who is at the scene, has been quoted as saying that some 300 people had begun to gather for a demonstration thanking Russia for its recent intervention in Syria when the rockets crashed into the embassy in the Mazraa neighbourhood of the capital.
The incident triggered widespread panic, but it was not immediately clear if anyone had been wounded or killed.
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