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36 killed in car bomb explosion in Syria

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IANS Damascus

At least 36 people were killed and 85 others injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded in Syria's central province of Homs, a media report said.

Most of those killed in the explosion at the Abbasiyeh roundabout in the al-Zahra district of Homs were women and children, SANA news agency reported.

Earlier Tuesday, 14 students were killed and 50 injured when mortar shells hit a religious school in Damascus's central district of Shaghour.

Syria's Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militant group has been accused of both the attacks.

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First Published: Apr 29 2014 | 8:26 PM IST

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