10 Dead as Bomb Hits Police Station in Christian District of Damascus
Ten people were killed and 15 others wounded on Sunday when a bomb exploded outside a police station in the Christian neighborhood of Bab Touma in the Syrian capital Damascus, a rights group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave a toll of 10 dead and 15 wounded as a car bomb blew up outside the station in Bab Touma, where many in the minority community fear Islamists in the anti-Assad revolt.
"At least seven people were killed and many others wounded when a bomb or a car bomb exploded in Bab Touma Square in front of the police station," a Syrian official told Agence France Presse.
This was the first attack in Bab Touma, one of the oldest quarters of the capital.
The Christian hierarchy and a large part of the faithful back embattled President Bashar Assad, fearful of the influence of Islamists in the rebellion to overthrow the Syrian regime.
Source: Agence France Presse
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