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ARMENIAN WOMAN KILLED IN ALEPPO BLAST
armradio.am
19.03.2012 10:46
A car explosion rocked a Christian neighborhood in Aleppo today,
causing three deaths and thirty injured. There is an Armenian woman
among the victims, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Armenia Tigran Balayan said. According to him, the Armenian Consulate
General in Aleppo has confirmed the information.
The 200 kilograms of explosives were placed in a car behind the post
office building, between two residential buildings in the Sulaymaniyeh
neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria~Rs second largest city. The explosion
was near a Latin church and two primary schools, in an area heavily
populated by Christians, including many Armenians.
The explosion happened when security forces were trying to evacuate
the residents from the area after being tipped off about the bomb.
According to the Syria~Rs state news agency SANA, the explosion also
caused major material damages in the neighborhood.
SANA quoted a Syrian-Armenian living in the neighborhood as saying
that the explosion was an attempt to disrupt the social fabric of
the country.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The state agency
accused terrorists for being behind the act. In turn, opposition
activists accused the government of staging the explosion to back
up its official line that foreign-backed extremists are behind the
uprising, reported Reuters.
armradio.am
19.03.2012 10:46
A car explosion rocked a Christian neighborhood in Aleppo today,
causing three deaths and thirty injured. There is an Armenian woman
among the victims, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Armenia Tigran Balayan said. According to him, the Armenian Consulate
General in Aleppo has confirmed the information.
The 200 kilograms of explosives were placed in a car behind the post
office building, between two residential buildings in the Sulaymaniyeh
neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria~Rs second largest city. The explosion
was near a Latin church and two primary schools, in an area heavily
populated by Christians, including many Armenians.
The explosion happened when security forces were trying to evacuate
the residents from the area after being tipped off about the bomb.
According to the Syria~Rs state news agency SANA, the explosion also
caused major material damages in the neighborhood.
SANA quoted a Syrian-Armenian living in the neighborhood as saying
that the explosion was an attempt to disrupt the social fabric of
the country.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The state agency
accused terrorists for being behind the act. In turn, opposition
activists accused the government of staging the explosion to back
up its official line that foreign-backed extremists are behind the
uprising, reported Reuters.