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Death Toll in Syria’s Sayyidah Zaynab Twin Terror Attacks Rises To 9

© Sputnik / Michael Alaeddin / Go to the mediabankAftermath of a double terrorist attack in the Shia district of Sayyidah Zaynab in Damascus (File)
Aftermath of a double terrorist attack in the Shia district of Sayyidah Zaynab in Damascus (File) - Sputnik International
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According to a source in the local security services, the death toll in the twin terrorist attacks that shook the Syrian Sayyidah Zaynab town south of Damascus has risen to nine.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) The death toll in the twin terrorist attacks that shook the Syrian Sayyidah Zaynab town south of Damascus has risen to nine, a source in the local security services told Sputnik on Saturday.

According to the source, 16 people have been injured due to the blasts.

The first of the two attacks was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber at the entrance to the town early on Saturday. Later in the day, a car bomb exploded in Sayyidah Zaynab.

None of the terror groups have claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

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