(Photo: SANA, EPA)At least 40 people were killed and 120 injured in two bomb blasts Saturday near shrines popular with Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria`s interior minister and media reported.
Reports from the scene on Syrian TV showed several burned out buses and a parking lot strewn with debris.
Syrian state TV, quoting Damascus police officials, said two explosive devices went off near Bab al-Saghir cemetery, where several prominent religious figures are buried.
A photo made available by the Syrian Arab News Agency shows damaged buses at the site of bombing, in Damascus, Syria, on March 11, 2017.
SANA, the Syrian state news agency, said the blasts were caused by bombs placed near the cemetery.
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