SYRIA: U.N. monitors visit the site in Damascus where two explosions killed at least 29 people and wounded more than one hundred

Record ID: 280741

  • Title: SYRIA: U.N. monitors visit the site in Damascus where two explosions killed at least 29 people and wounded more than one hundred
  • Date: 11th May 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (MAY 10, 2012) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE WITH SIREN DRIVING DOWN ROAD BURNT OUT CARS CRATER IN THE GROUND CAUSED BY EXPLOSION VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF DAMAGED BUILDING SECOND CRATER EXTERIOR OF BUILDING SYRIAN RED CRESCENT MEMBERS WALKING AT BLAST SCENE VARIOUS OF BLAST SCENE WITH BURNT OUT CARS IMAGE OF LATE SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD ON WALL OF BUILDI
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2012 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA7VN2N4G0M3SWP8Q7MAFCTPDXK
  • Story Text: Two explosions shook the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday (May 10) killing at least 29 people and wounding more than 100. The explosions happened in a district that houses a military intelligence complex involved in President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on a 14-month uprising.
    Syrian television blamed "terrorists" for the rush-hour blasts on the southern edge of the city.
    Damascus residents said Thursday's explosions happened almost simultaneously in the same area shortly before 8 a.m. (0500 GMT).
    The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least one of the explosions was caused by a car bomb and that the target was intelligence buildings.
    The blasts caused limited damage to the facade of the nearby Palestine Branch Military Intelligence complex, one resident told Reuters. The Palestine Branch is one of the most feared among the more than 20 secret police organisations in the country.
    U.N. monitors visiting the site were surrounded by supporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
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