In Photos: Car Bomb Hits Syrian Deir el-Zour
A car bomb blast shook Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, targeting a military compound in the latest of a wave of blasts to hit the country in recent months.
State TV said the blast caused casualties, and showed footage of damaged buildings, smoldering cars, and trucks turned upside down by the blast. Debris filled a street that was stained with blood. UN observers based in the city visited the site of the blast.
According to news agencies, at least seven people were killed and over 100 wounded in the blast.
The state-run news agency, SANA, identified the site of the blast as the parking lot of a military residential compound.
Deir el-Zour is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Iraqi border.
Saturday's blast came a day after SANA reported that authorities foiled an attempt to blow up a car rigged with explosives in the
city and detained those involved.
Security agencies in several Syrian cities have been targeted by a wave of explosions since late last year, raising fears that al-Qaeda militants have made strong inroads into Syria's rebel movement.
The most recent bombing targeted an intelligence building in Damascus on May 10.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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