Deadly car blast rocks Syria's Damascus

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Earlier, Syria’s Alikhbaria TV reported that an explosive device planted inside a vehicle detonated near a battery manufacturing plant in the town.

Two people, including a girl, have been killed and another person wounded in a car blast in Jaramana in rural Damascus. The Internal Security Forces said the blast occurred when an explosive device planted inside the car detonated, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported Saturday.The forces cordoned off the scene and launched an investigation into the blast, the agency reported.

Earlier, Syria’s Alikhbaria TV reported that an explosive device planted inside a vehicle detonated near a battery manufacturing plant in the town.

According to the broadcaster, civil defence teams had arrived at the scene.Authorities have not identified those responsible for planting the explosive device or established the motive behind the attack.On August 7, Syria’s interior ministry reported that 14 civilians had been injured when an explosive device detonated inside a passenger bus in Jaramana.

The ministry said it had launched an investigation to track down those responsible and bring them to justice, while warning against attempts to stir divisions and undermine civil peace.The town also witnessed an attack on July 3 at one of its entrances, leaving three security personnel injured and an armed man dead after a hand grenade he was attempting to throw at them exploded.

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