Car Bomb in Syrian Port City Kills 10
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least ten people were killed and scores were wounded when a car bomb exploded in Latakia on Wednesday, in a rare attack in the Syrian coastal city.
A car bomb exploded Wednesday in a square in the Syrian port city of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad, killing at least 10 people and wounding 25, the Associated Press said in a round-up report citing Syrian media.
It was one of the biggest bombings, and the highest single death toll, in Latakia since the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011.
TV footage from the scene showed thick black smoke rising from a car, damage to nearby vehicles and a puddle of blood. Syrian state TV said the explosion went off in Hamam Square on the edge of Latakia.
Last month, terrorists shelled Latakia, killing six people and wounding 19. Still, Latakia has largely remained on the sidelines of the conflict, and explosions in the city have been rare.
Also Wednesday, rocket fire struck an engineering college in the capital, Damascus, killing two students and wounding 15 people, Syrian news agency SANA reported. A day earlier, mortar rounds killed one student and wounded six at the same college.
