Police officer killed after Damascus car bomb attack

 

A second Syrian police officer was killed as a result of a vehicle bombing at a police station in Damascus one day after the explosion that was claimed by Daesh extremists, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

Notably, a car explosion at the Barzeh police station in the north of the city, according to the ministry, on Wednesday, killing a lieutenant colonel and injuring four others. The ministry also stated that an investigation was continuing.

Moreover, it was reported on Thursday that a second police officer had passed away and that his body had been sent to the police hospital in Damascus. Security events, including explosions that target military or civilian vehicles, sometimes happen in Damascus.

Since the government retook the final rebel stronghold near Damascus in 2018, the capital has been mostly spared from extremist bloodshed. The interior ministry said that two persons were just mildly hurt in an unclaimed vehicle bombing that occurred in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus in April, according to state media.

Furthermore, Large portions of the north of the nation remain ungoverned even if the front lines have mainly quieted in recent years.