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| Terrorist attack at Damascus police station, suicide bomber reportedly child | Terrorist attack at Damascus police station, suicide bomber reportedly child |
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| A blast that hit a police station in a southwestern neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus, was reportedly carried out by a child wearing an explosive belt. There are varying accounts on the number of victims. | A blast that hit a police station in a southwestern neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus, was reportedly carried out by a child wearing an explosive belt. There are varying accounts on the number of victims. |
| RT’s Lizzy Phelan, reporting from Syria, says state television has aired pictures of a girl who was allegedly a suicide bomber. There are no other casualties except for a police officer who has minor injuries, Phelan said in a tweet. | RT’s Lizzy Phelan, reporting from Syria, says state television has aired pictures of a girl who was allegedly a suicide bomber. There are no other casualties except for a police officer who has minor injuries, Phelan said in a tweet. |
| There were no fatalities apart from the child, although an unspecified number of people suffered injuries, a police source told RIA Novosti. | |
| Previously, RIA Novosti cited a police source as saying at least three police officers were killed and several others injured. | |
| No one has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet. |