Syrian PM Survives Assassination Attempt
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Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi has survived an assassination attempt Monday after a massive car bomb was set off in downtown Damascus.
"The terrorist explosion in Mazzeh was an attempt to target the prime minister's convoy and Dr Wael al-Halqi was unharmed," state television reported.
An Agence France Presse photographer at the scene said several vehicles were destroyed in the blast, including a bus burned out by the explosion. The windshields of other cars nearby were also blown out.
A picture uploaded showed thick black smoke rising from the purported site of the explosion.
Mazzeh is an upscale neighborhood in western Damascus, home to a number of senior regime figures.
Meanwhile, al-Manar channel reported that the Syrian official that the Syrian official headed a government session in Damascus directly after the bomb.
For its part, al-Mayadeen reported that at least 5 people were killed among whom is the official's bodyguard. "Dozens were injured in the blast," it added.
The minister in al-Halqi's government Ali Haidar stated: "The bombing comes in context of the senseless round of terrorism and violence."
Halqi was appointed prime minister in August 2012.
Source: News Agencies, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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