Two people, including one child, have been killed and at least one has been injured by the explosion of an explosive device placed in a car on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, reports the Associated Press (AP).
The explosion occurred Saturday evening in the Jarramana district of southern Damascus, near a battery – making factory.
Syrian state television reported initially on two deaths and two injured, while the Interior Ministry confirmed that among the victims there is another child, suggesting another person has been wounded.
According to the Interior Ministry, security forces have surrounded the area and launched investigations to whitewash the circumstances of the explosion.
In recent months, several explosions have been recorded in Damascus and its suburbs at a time when the security situation in Syria remains fragile.
That happens almost two years after the end of the ruling of the Assad family’s five-decade rule in December 2024, when militants entered the capital and ousted then President Bashar al-Assad from power.
Jarana is an area where a large community of woody religious minorities live. Tensions are marked in this suburb between some members of the woody community and Sunnis supporting the current government, led by Islamists.
Source Layer: Dukeagini