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20 people killed in Syria blast

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IANS Damascus

At least 20 people were killed and scores of others wounded Monday when a booby-trapped car exploded in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, Xinhua quoted local Sham FM radio and activists as saying.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 20 people were killed in the blast while the Sham FM radio reported the blast in a booby-trapped car in the town of Darkousk in Idlib without giving the death toll.

No further details were released.

The deadly explosion came after two suicide bombers detonated their explosive-laden cars near the state TV headquarters in the capital Damascus Sunday evening.

 

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First Published: Oct 14 2013 | 3:18 PM IST

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