Damascus bombing killed at least 53

by sagarmedia on February 21, 2013 At least 53 people were killed in a powerful suicide car bombing in central Damascus on Thursday, according to an updated toll issued on state television.

“There are dozens more wounded,” said the television.
The attack was the deadliest in the Syrian capital since 55 people died in double suicide bombings on May 10 last year.
Images of charred bodies lying next to mangled vehicles were broadcast by state television channel Al-Ekhbariya, which said children among those wounded, as the blast occurred near a school the central Damascus district of Mazraa.