Four civilians killed in terrorist mortar and rocket attacks on Damascus, its countryside, and Lattakia

Provinces, SANA – A 12 year-old boy was killed and another civilian was injured in a terrorist mortar attack on Harasta suburb in Damascus Countryside.

A source at the Police Command told SANA that terrorists fired four mortar shells which landed near al-Tahani Mosque in Block B1 and the suburb’s roundabout, claiming the life of a 12 year-old boy, injuring another, and causing material damage.

Another mortar shell fired by terrorists fell in al-Adawi neighborhood in Damascus City, hitting a rooftop near the Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ministry and causing a fire to erupt in a heating fuel tank. The attack caused only material damage.

A source in Lattakia province said told SANA that three civilians were killed and 8 others were wounded after a rocket fired by terrorists from Lattakia northern countryside hit al-Tahwra Highway in the city.

Another rocket fell near the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, causing no damage.

Manal Ismael / Hazem Sabbagh

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