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Rocket hits military bus in Syrian capital, wounds 9

Published: 20 Dec 2015 - 06:45 pm | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 10:25 am

File photo. An injured Syrian army soldier, who was wounded after a roadside bomb hit his military truck, is helped by a comrade, in Daraa city, Syria, on May 9, 2012

 

Damascus: Nine people were wounded on Sunday in an explosion when a rocket hit a military bus in the Mazzeh residential district of western Damascus, Syria's official SANA news agency reported.

"Nine people were wounded by a rocket fired by terrorists at a bus on the road from Mazzeh into Damascus," the agency said.

SANA said earlier the blast was caused by a bomb, with reports of 10 people wounded.

An AFP journalist saw blood on the floor of the vehicle, which had had its windows blown out.

AFP