This photo from SANA, the official Syrian news agency, shows the aftermath of a huge explosion Thursday in central Damascus that news reports said probably was caused by a car bomb. (SANA / February 21, 2013)
Syria Blast Leaves At Least 53 Dead, 235 Injured, Officials Say -- L.A. Times
BEIRUT--Syrian officials said the death toll from a blast in Damascus, the capital, early Thursday has increased to at least 53 people and that at least 235 were injured.
The midmorning explosion was probably a massive car bomb that detonated on busy Al Thawra Street in the Al Mazraa district in central Damascus, causing bloody mayhem in the heart of the city, according to news reports.
The victims were mostly pedestrians, schoolchildren and motorists, the state media said. The blast also damaged nearby Al Hayat Hospital and Abdullah Bin al-Zubir school, the official news agency reported.
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