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Four killed in Syria explosion

AFP
Sunday, Mar 16, 2025

DAMASCUS: A blast in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia killed at least four people on Saturday, state media reported, adding that it was triggered by a scrap dealer mishandling unexploded ordnance.

“Four civilians were killed and nine injured in an explosion in a hardware store inside a four-storey building” in the city´s Al-Rimal neighbourhood, state news agency SANA said, adding that four of the injured were children.

It added that “civil defence teams and residents are still searching for others injured and miss