ABOUT 2O PERSONS HAVE REPORTEDLY DIED AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED AFTER A SUICIDE BOMBER BLEW HIMSELF UP AT THE MAR ELIAS CHURCH IN THE DWEILA NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SYRIA’S CAPITAL DAMASCUS
REPORTING THE INCIDENT, SYRIA’S INTERIOR MINISTRY IN A STATEMENT DISCLOSED THAT THE SUICIDE BOMBER WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ISLAMIC STATE ENTERED THE CHURCH AND OPENED FIRE TO DETONATE THE EXPLOSIVE VEST HE WAS WEARING.
A SECURITY SOURCE WHO SPOKE ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY, SAID TWO MEN WERE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK, INCLUDING THE ONE WHO BLEW HIMSELF UP.
THE LATEST ASSAULT IN DAMASCUS UNDERSCORES THE ISLAMIC GROUP’S CONTINUED ABILITY TO EXPLOIT SECURITY GAPS DESPITE THE COLLAPSE OF ITS TERRITORIAL CONTROL AND YEARS OF COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS.
CONDEMNING THE AWFUL INCIDENT IN A STATEMENT, THE GREEK FOREIGN MINISTRY DEMANDED THAT THE SYRIAN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITIES TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO HOLD THOSE INVOLVED ACCOUNTABLE AND IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES AND ALL RELIGIOUS GROUPS, ALLOWING THEM TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR
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