FILE/SYRIA: Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survives a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus

Record ID: 276497

  • Title: FILE/SYRIA: Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survives a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus
  • Date: 29th April 2013
  • Summary: AL-HALKI AT LECTERN DAMASCUS, SYRIA (FILE - OCTOBER 22, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF AL-HALKI ENTERING A CONFERENCE HALL AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AL-HALKI SPEAKING TO REPORTERS DAMASCUS, SYRIA (FILE- APRIL 3, 2012) (REUTERS) AL-HALKI IN A MEETING THE PRESIDENT OF THE ICRC, JAKOB KELLENBERGER VARIOUS OF AL-HALKI SPEAKING AT PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE MEETING
  • Embargoed: 14th May 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA2A2YUM0JF4P3EGIW93D7MEK3S
  • Story Text: Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus on Monday (April 29), Syrian state media and Hezbollah's al-Manar television reported.
    "The terrorist explosion in al-Mezze was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime minister. Doctor Wael al-Halki is well and not hurt at all," state television said.
    It had earlier reported that a "terrorist explosion" in the Mezze district, where many government and military institutions are situated and where senior Syrian officials live, had caused casualties.
    The Britain-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across Syria, said initial reports indicated one person accompanying the prime minister had been killed.
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