Syria suicide bombing kills nine in Damascus
Source: Los Angeles Times
A bomber strikes outside a mosque in an opposition stronghold of Damascus, the Syrian capital. Bashar Assad's government blames terrorists, but the opposition accuses the government.
BEIRUT Two weeks after a supposed cease-fire was meant to bring an end to violence in Syria, an explosion Friday ripped through the capital, Damascus, killing at least nine people and injuring almost 30.
A suicide bomber in the pro-opposition Midan neighborhood detonated an explosives belt near a school and the Zein Abidin mosque as worshipers were leaving Friday prayers, the Interior Ministry said. Those killed included civilians and law enforcement officers, state media said.
The ministry blamed "terrorist groups" for the attack, but opposition activists said the government was probably behind the blast.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-explosions-20120428,0,1769658.story
The bombing came two days after an explosion in the central city of Hama razed several homes and caused numerous deaths. Activists and the regime traded accusations in that attack as well.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Horrifying what is going on over there.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)There is such chaos and the numbers are staggering, seems to be another attack pretty much everyday.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Too many suicide bombings to keep track of in those cases.
They hardly make the news anymore.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)And there seems to be one horrible incident somewhere in the region so frequently, it's barely mentioned in the news. The last stupid thing Mittens/Boehner/McConnell said leads the news and the horrors of the daily tragedies for those in harm's way, including both of our unfinished wars, become a footnote, or only are reported in the print media.