Damascus car bomb kills three, wounds five: state TV

A car bomb exploded on Saturday in a northern district of the Syrian capital killing at least three people and wounding five others, state television reported.

The state broadcaster said the bomb was placed in a car in the Rokn Eddin neighbourhood and that a bomb disposal team was defusing another device.

“The terrorist explosion was the result of a big bomb concealed in a car … Three people were killed and five others wounded according to a provisional toll,” it said.