Overview
- The explosion that hit Jaramana Thursday has left at least one person dead and several wounded, Syrian state media and an Associated Press reporter at the scene said.
- A security source cited by state-run Ekhbariya TV said the blast was caused by an explosive device planted on a vehicle that witnesses described as a passenger minivan.
- Syria’s Health Ministry reported at least seven people wounded but gave no precise casualty breakdown and victims’ identities were not immediately available.
- An AFP photographer and local witnesses reported ambulances at the scene and a main street closed to traffic, and residents said there were passengers inside the vehicle when it detonated.
- The attack comes as local sectarian tensions in Jaramana persist and follows other recent bombings in Syria, raising questions about security as the new government seeks to assert control.