SYRIA: A car bomb explodes near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus killing several people

Record ID: 281488

  • Title: SYRIA: A car bomb explodes near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus killing several people
  • Date: 21st October 2012
  • Summary: CLOTHES AND BITS OF CARS SCATTERED ON GROUND VARIOUS OF INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING SCENE
  • Embargoed: 5th November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA1KDV8K2NDXI8QBN3DHBRV1Z36
  • Story Text: A car bomb exploded near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus on Sunday (October 21) killing several people.
    Ambulances sped to the site and security forces cut off access to the area. Investigators were quickly at the blast site where several cars were burnt and damaged. Blood and debris could be seen scattered around the blast site.
    The explosion took place as President Bashar al-Assad was meeting international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who has called for a temporary truce in Syria's civil war.
    Syria has so far given a guarded response to Brahimi's ceasefire proposal, suggesting it wants guarantees that rebels would reciprocate any move by Assad's forces.
    Damascus residents said Assad's forces shelled several districts on the edge of the Syrian capital overnight. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors violence across the country, said 140 people were killed in Syria on Saturday.
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