DAMASCUS COUNTRYSIDE, (SANA) - Terrorists on Thursday targeted Ras al-Nabe' area in Qatana city in Damascus Countryside with a car loaded with large amount of explosives.
The bombing, which took place near Mikhail Samaan School, killed a number of citizens and injured others in addition to causing material damage.
A source at Martyr Khalid Saqqa Amini Hospital said that the bodies of 16 martyrs were admitted to the hospital, including 7 children and a number of women.
The source added that 23 injured were also hospitalized, most of them are children and women, some in critical situation.
The terrorist explosion resulted in material damage to the cars, shops, residential buildings and infrastructure in the site.
A Number of Citizens, among them Women and Children Martyred in Car Bomb in Jdeidet al-Fadl
Terrorists blew up a car loaded with explosives in al-Mostawsaf district in Jdeidet al-Fadl in Damascus Countryside, causing the martyrdom of a number of citizens and the injury of others among them women and children.
A source at al-Mowasat Hospital told SANA reporter that the bodies of eight martyrs, including three women and two girls, who fell in the terrorist bombing in Jdeidet al-Fadl were admitted to the hospital.
The emergency department received 33 injured people, some of whom suffer from severe injuries, including women and children, and provided them with necessary medical treatment.