Armed Groups Shelling Kills Child, Wounds 40 in Damascus

Local Editor

Mortar rounds fired on the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday killed a child and wounded at least 41 people, among them more children, state media said.

"A child was killed and 41 others, most of them children, were injured by mortar rounds fired by terrorists at schools in Bab Touma and al-Duwaila in Damascus," the official SANA news agency reported.

Citing a police source, SANA said one attack hit a school in Bab Touma, killing one child and wounding 36, and a second hit a cluster of schools near a church in al-Duwaila, injuring five people.
The armed groups hold some territory on the outskirts of the capital from which they have regularly launched mortar and rocket attacks targeting central Damascus.

The attacks have frequently hit in upscale neighborhoods housing embassies and security facilities as well as the Old City, killing civilians.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team