IS carries out deadly bombings in Damascus - leaves more than 76 dead

#damascus #ISIS #suicidebomber #SayyidahZaynab The IS terror group carried out three deadly bombings that rocked a Shiite district south of the capital Damascus, killed over 76 people and have taken responsibility for the same. The triple bombings rocked the Sayyidah Zaynab district which was being guarded by the Shiite Lebanese Hezbollah group - it is located in the southern countryside of Damascus.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 1 February 2016.

The first of the explosions was in a booby-trapped car and it targeted a passenger bus on the al-Sudan street in that area. Following this bombing, two suicide bombers detonated their explosives-laden belts in the crowed that gathered at the blast site. The death toll is given as 76 but,it could rise because many wounded people were critical. As indicated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitor, a total of 25 Shiite fighters were among those killed.
Incidentally, the Sayyidah Zaynab tomb had become a center of religious studies of the adherents of the Shiite sect of Islam and a destination of mass pilgrimage by Shiite Muslims from across the Muslim world. In view of the religious significance of the district, Hezbollah had dispatched fighters to protect the shrine and man the checkpoints surrounding it.


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