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May 18, 2013 • 16:52

Three people died and five were injured in an explosion on Saturday night in a northern suburb of Damascus, Syrian state television reported.

chain speaks of a “terrorist attack” – a term that the regime of Bashar al-Assad appoints the rebels – perpetrated with “significant explosive charge placed car” near the highway Rouknedin.

official television added that “the technicians

are defusing a bomb.”

For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported at least five dead and several critically injured after a “violent explosion” caused by “a car bomb.”

Damascus has been the target of a series of attacks in recent months, one of which, in late April, was addressed to the Syrian Prime Minister Wael Al Halaqi, that survived.

scenario Syria since March 2011 a popular revolt that led to civil war and has caused more than 94,000 deaths, according to the OSDH.

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