Three civilians killed due to mortar attack in Damascus

Three civilians killed due to mortar attack in Damascus

Three citizens were killed and eight others were injured as a result of a shelling attack by armed groups on Bab Touma neighborhood in Damascus.

Armed groups fired a number of mortar rounds on the neighborhood of Bab Touma, claiming the lives of three citizens and causing different injuries for eight others, a source at Damascus Police Command said.

The attack also caused material damage to houses, shops and cars in the targeted area.

Units of the Syrian Arab Army responded to the attack by targeting the areas from which the shells were launched in Eastern Ghouta, inflicting heavy losses upon the armed groups’ ranks and destroying a number of their mortar launchers.

Golan Times
By : Suhad Alaawar