Twin Suicide Bombings Hit Syria

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 12:50PM EDT / Published Dec. 23, 2011 6:32AM EST

SANA / Landov

An ominous development in Syria: the capital was rocked by twin suicide bombings Friday—one day after a team of Arab League observers entered the country. An estimated 40 people were killed in the blasts, which occurred in security and intelligence buildings. State-run media quickly blamed the double car bombings on al Qaeda, but activists say they were a government plot to influence the observers. The bombs went off within minutes of each other in an upscale district in Damascus and targeted a state intelligence building and security building, according to state TV.

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Twin Suicide Bombings Hit Syria

SANA / Landov