Damascus, SANA Six people were killed and 24 others were injured on Sunday when terrorists blew up an explosive device placed in a bus in al-Kallaseh area near al-Hamiydiyeh market in Damascus city.<\/p>\n
A source at the Police Command told SANA that terrorists detonated an explosive they had earlier placed in the front part of the bus, leaving six people dead and 24\u00a0others injured.<\/p>\n
The explosive device weighed 5 kg, the source noted.<\/p>\n
Engineering units’ members defused another 5 kg explosive device, which was found inside a bag placed on the floor of the bus, the source was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
SANA reporters said the bus’s front was ripped off due to the blast, while material damage was caused in area surrounding the explosion site.<\/p>\n
A medical source at Damascus Hospital said at least 12 people were admitted to the hospital, some of them are in a critical condition, adding that a three-year-old boy was among the injured.<\/p>\n
Another medical source at the Red Crescent Hospital said it received three injured people, while another injured person was taken to al-Mouwasat Hospital.<\/p>\n
Health Minister Dr. Nizar Yazigi, who visited Damascus Hospital to check up on the injured, said the injured from the blast are “in a good and stable condition after they were administered necessary medication.”<\/p>\n
Most of the casualties are Lebanese whose wounds vary in severity, he added, considering the attack “an indication of the terrorists’ bankruptcy.”<\/p>\n
Hezbollah condemns the criminal act<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Hezbollah condemned the terrorist explosion carried out by \u201cTakfiri criminals\u201d in Damascus.<\/p>\n \u201cThe explosion is part of a series of bombings that targeted visitors in Syria and civilians in Iraq and the prayers in Pakistan, claiming the lives of scores of martyrs,\u201d Hezbollah said in a statement.<\/p>\n A lot of Lebanese figures also denounced the criminal act, affirming that Israel and its tools in the region were behind it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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