6 dead in Damascus after a bomb-laden motorcycle explodes

The explosion of a bomb-laden motorcycle in the Syrian capital Damascus killed 6 people and wounded 23 others.

According to the official Syrian news agency SANA, citing the Interior Ministry, a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in the evening in Sayyida Zeinab area in Damascus.

It was stated that 6 people were killed and 23 people were wounded in the explosion.

Police, fire brigades and ambulance vehicles were dispatched to the scene, the news report said.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion yet.

The Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood in the capital Damascus is heavily populated by Iranian-backed foreign terrorist groups.

Source: Anadolu Agency