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4 Jan 2013

Damascus blames "terrorists" for petrol station blast

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Men stand amidst wreckage and debris, after a car bomb exploded at a crowded petrol station in Barzeh al-Balad district in DamascusBEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria on Friday said a car bomb at a crowded petrol station in Damascus on Thursday night was set off by "terrorists", a term it uses for rebels seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad. The bomb killed 11 people and wounded 40 at a station packed with Syrians queuing for fuel, which has become scarce in the 21-month insurgency against Assad, in the second petrol station attack in the capital this week, opposition activists said. "Terrorists … …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eleven-dead-damascus-gas-station-blast-012736512.html