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| Syria conflict: Car bomb targets Damascus police club | Syria conflict: Car bomb targets Damascus police club |
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| Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a police officers' club in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the interior ministry says. | Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a police officers' club in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the interior ministry says. |
| The blast also struck a busy vegetable market in the north-eastern Masaken Barzeh district, state media said. | The blast also struck a busy vegetable market in the north-eastern Masaken Barzeh district, state media said. |
| The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine police officers were killed and 20 were injured. | |
| A militant from so-called Islamic State (IS) group carried out the attack, the pro-IS Amaq News Agency reported. | |
| Last month, IS claimed responsibility for a multiple bomb attack near the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, south of Damascus, which left at least 71 people dead. | Last month, IS claimed responsibility for a multiple bomb attack near the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, south of Damascus, which left at least 71 people dead. |
| In Tuesday's incident, the bomber tried to drive his explosives-filled car into the police officers' club, but was stopped by guards, state TV cited an interior ministry source as saying. | In Tuesday's incident, the bomber tried to drive his explosives-filled car into the police officers' club, but was stopped by guards, state TV cited an interior ministry source as saying. |
| The bomber "then detonated his explosives, causing deaths and injuries", it added, without giving further details. | The bomber "then detonated his explosives, causing deaths and injuries", it added, without giving further details. |
| The Syrian Observatory, which has a network of activists on the ground in Syria, said the death toll might rise from eight because some of those injured were in a critical condition in hospital. | The Syrian Observatory, which has a network of activists on the ground in Syria, said the death toll might rise from eight because some of those injured were in a critical condition in hospital. |