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Five people have been killed by an explosive device that detonated at a restaurant in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian state media and activists say. | |
The northern Damascus neighbourhood of Qaboun where the bomb went off has been a centre of protests demanding the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule and has also seen fighting between Assad loyalists and rebels. | The northern Damascus neighbourhood of Qaboun where the bomb went off has been a centre of protests demanding the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule and has also seen fighting between Assad loyalists and rebels. |
State television blamed the explosion on "terrorists", a term the Syrian government uses when referring to the armed opposition. It said the bomb exploded in a restaurant and showed footage of a burnt-out kitchen and a room full of debris. | State television blamed the explosion on "terrorists", a term the Syrian government uses when referring to the armed opposition. It said the bomb exploded in a restaurant and showed footage of a burnt-out kitchen and a room full of debris. |
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the bomb detonated just after midnight, but did not give any information on who it believed was responsible. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the bomb detonated just after midnight, but did not give any information on who it believed was responsible. |
Syria has restricted media access to the country during a 14-month-old uprising against Assad, which began with mass protests and now features an armed insurgency, making it hard to verify such reports. |
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