7 people injured in school blast in Syrian capital: TV
DAMASCUS. September 25. KAZINFORM Two explosive devices planted by "terrorists" went off Tuesday inside the Martyrs's Sons School in the Syrian capital Damascus, injuring seven people, the state-TV quoted the school's principle as saying, according to Xinhua.
General Mohammad Amin Othman, the school's general director said Tuesday that two improvised explosive devices planted by " terrorists" went off earlier in the day inside the schools and injured seven people and caused some minor material damages.
Witnesses told Xinhua that the school was empty of students as the academic year in that particular school officially kicks off next month.
Activists said the blast was caused by seven explosive charges that targeted the school "which has been used by pro government militias and security officers as a command Center."
However, pro-government media cited military sources as denying the activists reports.
The blast is the latest in a series of explosions that have been rocking Syria since last year when the bloody crisis erupted.
The last blast took place in central Damascus on Sunday evening when an explosive device tore through a footbridge in the capital and killed one person.
The UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday that the situation in Syria is " extremely bad" and is getting worse.
Brahimi told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York that "There is no disagreement that the situation in Syria is a threat to the region and a threat to the peace and security in the world. "
The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria has confirmed the increasing presence of foreign elements, including jihadist militants, in Syria.
UN investigators said some of the jihadists have joined rebel groups, while others are operating independently. Paulo Pinheiro, an expert leading the UN team of human rights investigators, said some recent bomb attacks may have been carried out by some such groups.
The Syrian government has from the beginning blamed the unrest on armed extremists acting out a foreign plot but not true reform seekers.
Activists said the 18-month-old unrest in Syria killed more than 23,000 people, while some official sources said at least 8, 000 army and security personnel have so far been killed.