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LBCI
6 days ago
- LBCI
Blast rocks church in Syria's Damascus: Witnesses tell Reuters
A blast rocked the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, according to witnesses. One told Reuters a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the church. A spokesperson for Damascus security forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters


Arab News
6 days ago
- Arab News
Blast rocks church in Syria's Damascus, witnesses say
DAMASCUS: A blast rocked the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, according to witnesses. One told Reuters a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the church. A spokesperson for Damascus security forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Khaleej Times
6 days ago
- Khaleej Times
Blast rocks church in Syria's Damascus, eyewitnesses say
A blast rocked the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, according to witnesses. One told Reuters a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the church. A spokesperson for Damascus security forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Reuters
6 days ago
- Reuters
Blast rocks church in Syria's Damascus, witnesses say
June 22 (Reuters) - A blast rocked the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, according to witnesses. One told Reuters a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the church. A spokesperson for Damascus security forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Daily Mail
09-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Scotland Yard chief Sir Ian Blair 'realised we had a disaster on our hands' just five minutes after he called the De Menezes shooting investigation 'fantastic'. Our gripping account of one of Britain's most shocking police blunders continues...
At Stockwell Tube station in south London, Metropolitan Police firearms officers were congratulating themselves on a job well done. They believed they'd just shot dead a failed al-Qaeda suicide bomber, Hussain Osman. His body lay slumped in a seat on a stationary Northern Line train at platform two, his denim jeans and jacket covered in blood. Fearing that he was carrying a device, the officers withdrew to the central hub of the Underground station and called in an explosives officer to check and make the scene safe.