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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.