Terrorist Attack Kills One in Syrian Capital
The attack which targeted a military bus left one military personnel dead and 11 others injured, SANA reported.
Citing a military source, the Syrian news agency said that the bomb had been planted in the bus and exploded at 7:25 AM local time.
The report said the bomb attack has been conducted by terrorists, adding that a similar explosion had also happened in Damascus months earlier.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
On October 20, 2021, a bus carrying troops in the Syrian capital Damascus was hit by two roadside bombs that exploded near it, killing at least 13 military personnel and wounding three others.
Two explosive devices went off as the bus was near the Hafez al-Assad bridge, it said, adding a third device was defused by an army engineering unit in what officials said was a terrorist blast.
There have been several attacks this year on army vehicles in eastern Syria by suspected Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists who still operate in the sprawling desert area.
The October attack was the deadliest in the capital since a bombing claimed by Daesh hit the Justice Palace in March 2017, killing at least 30 people.
In August, Syria’s state media said a short circuit triggered an explosion in the gas tank of a bus carrying soldiers, killing one and wounding three.
Blasts in Damascus have been rare since Syrian forces took control of rebel enclaves around the city.
