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Nusra Front claims responsibility for deadly blast

  Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front, claimed responsibility for the blast that targeted a bus carrying Lebanese pilgrims around the Shia holy sites in Damascus on Sunday.

 Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front, claimed responsibility for the blast that targeted a bus carrying Lebanese pilgrims around the Shia holy sites in Damascus on Sunday.

The Nusra Front also claimed it was a suicide bombing committed by the terrorist Abu Ez al-Ansari.

The attack killed 7 people and wounded at least another 20 people as it shattered the vehicle near the -old Hamidiyeh market.

The pilgrims were travelling from the shrine of Sayidna Ruqqaya in central Damascus to the shrine of Sayidna Zeinab in the south when the attack took place.

 

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