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Blast hits crowded Damascus bus | Blast hits crowded Damascus bus |
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An explosion on a crowded bus in the Syrian capital, Damascus, has caused dozens of casualties, reports say. | |
The blast took place near a pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims, according to Arabic media. Some reports say the bus was carrying Iranian pilgrims. | |
Such incidents are rare in Syria, but there was one major attack last year. | |
In September 2008 a car bomb on the outskirts of Damascus killed at least 17 people on a road leading to the same site, the al-Sayyida Zeinab shrine. | In September 2008 a car bomb on the outskirts of Damascus killed at least 17 people on a road leading to the same site, the al-Sayyida Zeinab shrine. |
No group said it carried out that attack but officials blamed Fatah al-Islam, a Sunni Islamist group. |