“Two terrorist explosions hit Damascus near al-Qazaz intersection at the southern ring-road”, state news agency, SANA, said, adding that the explosions “took place at a densely populated area as they coincided with the employees and the students are going to their jobs and schools”.
Television footage at the site of the blasts showed an apocalyptic scene with charred bodies and the carcasses of vehicles with smoke still rising from them.
STOP BLOODSHED
The Head of the UN mission in Syria, Major General Robert Mood appealed for help to stop the bloodshed in the country, as he visited the site of the attacks.
Gen. Mood: Calls on All Those Who Stand Behind These Explosions to Stop these Heinous Acts
Gen. Mood, in a press statement at the site of the two explosions, called on all those who stand behind these explosions, whether they are inside Syria or outside, to realize that such explosions cause but the more of suffering to the Syrians, and that they should stop these heinous acts and give a chance to the Syrians to go forward in a peaceful direction without having the innocents being killed.
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Tens of Martyrs and Wounded Civilians in Two Terrorist Explosions in Damascus
Minister of Health Dr. Wael Al-Halaqi stated to Syrian TV , al-Ikhbariya Station that as a preliminary death toll there are more than 40 martyrs, 170 wounded and 8 sacks of torn-off limbs.
Meanwhile, the UN observers team inspected the site of the two terrorist attacks.
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