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Blast hits bus convoy near Aleppo, dozens of casualties reported (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) | |
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A Syrian bus convoy transporting the residents of two villages being evacuated in a deal between warring parties has been hit by a blast on the outskirts of Aleppo, according to SANA news agency. Thirty nine people have been reportedly killed. | |
The blast was reportedly caused by a suicide attacker detonating a car bomb. Syrian state TV said an unknown number of people had been killed and wounded. | The blast was reportedly caused by a suicide attacker detonating a car bomb. Syrian state TV said an unknown number of people had been killed and wounded. |
Pictures have emerged on social media purporting to show the aftermath of the blast. | Pictures have emerged on social media purporting to show the aftermath of the blast. |
Humanitarian workers were among the victims of the attack, according to Arabic Asharq Al-Awsat. | |
Very graphic footage from the scene posted online shows burned out vehicles with the dead lying on the ground and inside buses, some covered with blankets. | |
Photos from the scene show bodies near blackened buses with blown out windows. | |
The bus convoy was transporting up to 5,000 residents from the mostly Shiite villages of Fua and Kefraya. | The bus convoy was transporting up to 5,000 residents from the mostly Shiite villages of Fua and Kefraya. |