At least 13 killed and several injured in a bus explosion in Damascus

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At least 13 people have been killed after an explosion destroyed a bus in the Syrian capital of Damascus, APA reports citing Skynews.

A local television station said two explosive devices went off as the bus was on the Hafez al Assad bridge – and a third device was being defused by an army engineering unit.

Syrian state TV showed footage of the charred bus and said the blasts occurred during rush hour when people were heading to work and school.