Twin car blasts in Damascus kill at least 34
582 views · Published 29 December 2012 · 0:28 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics
Twin car bomb explosions in the southeastern district of Syria's capital of Damascus have killed at least 34 people reports the Syrian Interior Ministry, state television said. At least 83 others were injured. The blasts struck the neighborhood of Jaramana, which is home to many Druze minority and Christians. The explosions occurred just after 6:40am in a car park located between two commercial buildings within minutes of each other as people were going to work. The state news agency SANA described the explosions as terrorist bombings, a description it uses for attacks by mainly Sunni Muslim fighters against Assad. According to Reuters, Wednesday's attacks were the deadliest in Damascus for several months. Independent media is severely limited by Syrian authorities, so it was not immediately possible to verify reports.
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