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Explosion near Syria-Turkey border crossing kills dozens | Explosion near Syria-Turkey border crossing kills dozens |
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An explosion near a border crossing between Syria and Turkey killed as many as 29 people and wounded many others, an activist group monitoring the Syrian civil war said. | An explosion near a border crossing between Syria and Turkey killed as many as 29 people and wounded many others, an activist group monitoring the Syrian civil war said. |
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion occurred on Thursday at a garage near the Bab al-Salameh border crossing in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. The garage is used by passengers who come to or leave the crossing point, said Rami Abdurrahman, the Observatory's chief. | The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion occurred on Thursday at a garage near the Bab al-Salameh border crossing in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. The garage is used by passengers who come to or leave the crossing point, said Rami Abdurrahman, the Observatory's chief. |
Abdurrahman said it was not immediately clear whether a suicide bomber had caused the blast. He said those wounded were being treated in Turkish and Syrian hospitals, and the dead included at least five women and three children. | Abdurrahman said it was not immediately clear whether a suicide bomber had caused the blast. He said those wounded were being treated in Turkish and Syrian hospitals, and the dead included at least five women and three children. |
In Turkey a government official said 48 wounded Syrians had been brought across the border for treatment and 13 of them had died. Thirty-five were being treated in hospital near the Turkish-Syrian border, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. | |
An amateur video posted online showed women, men and children at the scene of the blast, which set several cars and motorcycles on fire. | An amateur video posted online showed women, men and children at the scene of the blast, which set several cars and motorcycles on fire. |
"Oh God, may you punish them!" a man could be heard shouting as people tried to put out a blaze consuming two vehicles with fire extinguishers. | "Oh God, may you punish them!" a man could be heard shouting as people tried to put out a blaze consuming two vehicles with fire extinguishers. |
Such explosions have occurred in the past in border areas near Turkey, while explosions around Syria have killed and wounded thousands of people over the past years. | Such explosions have occurred in the past in border areas near Turkey, while explosions around Syria have killed and wounded thousands of people over the past years. |
Syria's conflict began with largely peaceful protests calling for reforms and transformed into an armed uprising and eventually a civil war after a ferocious military crackdown on protesters. | Syria's conflict began with largely peaceful protests calling for reforms and transformed into an armed uprising and eventually a civil war after a ferocious military crackdown on protesters. |
More than 150,000 people have died since March 2011 and hundreds of thousands of people have been wounded. | More than 150,000 people have died since March 2011 and hundreds of thousands of people have been wounded. |
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