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More than 10 people have been killed in a coordinated bombing in Syria’s capital Damascus, according to several sources.
A car bomb went off near a police station in Damascus’s al-Midan neighbourhood on Monday, shortly before two suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
The 11 dead included police officers and civilians, the SOHR said, adding that the attack also caused injuries.
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Syrian state TV blamed two suicide bombers for a “terrorist explosion” in al-Midan area while the pro-Syrian Al Mayadeen TV channel said four fighters carried out the attack, killing more than 10 people.
The fighters targeted the police station in al-Midan and clashed with police officers there, Mohammad al-Shaar, Syria’s interior minister, said in comments broadcast by state television from the police station.
One attacker blew himself up at the main entrance and another detonated his explosive device on the first floor, he said.
Footage broadcast by state TV showed bodies wrapped in shrouds at the scene and fire fighters putting out flames.
Previous suicide attacks in Damascus have been claimed by both the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and the Tahrir al-Sham alliance, which is led by the group formerly known as al-Nusra Front.
Source: News agencies
