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Bomb explosion kills 30 in Syria

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IANS Damascus

At least 30 people, mostly civilians, were killed Sunday in a bomb explosion in Syria's Hama governorate, reports Xinhua.

A bomb placed in a booby-trapped truck went off at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Hama city, the governorate's capital, in the morning injuring many others.

The blast came a day after activists said a suicide car bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint in Mlaiha suburb of the capital Damascus, killing at least 16 soldiers.

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First Published: Oct 20 2013 | 4:56 PM IST

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