Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 20 Oct 2021, 05:50 am Print
Damascus Blast Image: Screengrab from Twitter video
Damascus, Syria (JEN): A bomb attack on an army bus at the President Bridge in the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed at least 14 people and wounded two others on Wednesday morning, according to the country's state-controlled media.
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported two explosives previously attached to a military bus went off at about 6:45 am. local time (03:45 GMT) when the vehicle was passing near Jisr al-Rais in central Damascus.
Image: Screengrab from Twitter video
SANA reported quoting army sources that the military engineering personnel had dismantled a third explosive device which had fallen off the bus after the blast.
#Syria- 14 people were killed in a bomb attack on a military vehicle in the Syrian capital #Damascus, under the control of the Assad regime.
— Mete SohtaoÄŸlu (@metesohtaoglu) October 20, 2021
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No group has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing on the bus.
At 6:45 am, a Horrible terrorist attack took place in the most crowded point of #Damascus center, where 14 military personnel killed by 2 IEDs blast. pic.twitter.com/T4NDJGm40K
— Majd Fahd 🇸🇾 (@Syria_Protector) October 20, 2021
Syria's Interior Minister Mohammad al-Rahmoun said the terrorist attack on the military bus in Damascus “came after eliminating terrorism from most of the Syrian territory."
Islamist terrorists who Samir Geagea wants them to rule Syria has conducted a terrorist blast today in Damascus, murdering 13 SAA soldiers. pic.twitter.com/tMDdhST81V
— Kevork Almassian🇸🇾🇦🇲 (@KevorkAlmassian) October 20, 2021
The interior minister said those who had plotted the "cowardly attack" wanted to inflict harm on the largest possible number of citizens.
Death Toll from Bomb Attack in #Damascus Rises to 14#Syria #Unews https://t.co/Z4fwIYvbcD pic.twitter.com/fDsuvbpO7O
— Unews Press Agency (@UnewsAgency) October 20, 2021
In a statement to the national al-Suriya television Channel, minister Mohammad al-Rahmoun said those who were behind the attack will be pursued.
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