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Damascus Bombing
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Syria: Bomb attack targets army vehicle in Damascus, 14 die

| @indiablooms | Oct 20, 2021, at 11:53 pm

Damascus: At least 14 people died as a bomb attack targeted a military vehicle  in central Damascus city of Syria on Wednesday, media reports said.

Two explosive devices attached to a military bus exploded near the President Bridge in Damascus, leaving several people hurt, SANA news agency.

“At about 06:45 a.m. on Wednesday, while a military bus was passing near Jisr al-Rais in Damascus, the bus was targeted with two explosive devices that were previously attached to the bus, which led to the death of fourteen martyrs and the injury others,” a military source told SANA.

The source added that the military engineering personnel “dismantled a third explosive device that had fallen off the bus after the explosion.”

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.

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