03/12/2013 18:49
Syria crisis: Deadly bomb blast in central Damascus
A bomb blast in the centre of the Syrian capital, Damascus, has killed at least two people, the BBC said, citing reports.
Syrian state news agency Sana said a suicide bomber had blown himself up in al-Jisr al-Abyad district.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said two people had been killed in the attack. State media put the death toll higher.
The activist network said the target of the explosion appeared to be a government building.
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the SOHR, was quoted by Reuters as saying the office was an administrative site used by relatives of dead soldiers, and that it was not a military facility.
At least 17 people were injured in the blast, according to Sana.