ALEPPO, Syria (Armenian Weekly)—A car explosion rocked a Christian neighborhood in Aleppo today, leaving 2 dead and 30 injured.
The 200 kilograms of explosives were placed in a car in the Sulaymaniyeh neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, near a Latin church and two primary schools. It is in an area heavily populated by Christians, including many Armenians.
The explosion went off when security forces were attempting to evacuate residents after being tipped off. One of the victims was a member of the security forces; the other was a woman.
According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the explosion caused major material damages in the neighborhood. It quoted a Syrian-Armenian living in the neighborhood as saying the explosion was an attempt to disrupt the social fabric of the country.
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