A car exploded during a funeral in a southeastern suburb of Damascus on Tuesday killing several people, Syrian state television reported without giving further details. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the blast in Jaramana suburb and said it was caused by a car bomb.
“In the suburb of Jaramana, a car laden with explosives hit a funeral held for two regime supporters,” said the watchdog. “Some people were critically injured.”
The funeral was held for two people killed in a bomb attack on Monday, the Britain-based Observatory said.
“Dozens of people were injured in Tuesday’s blast, and several ambulances were seen at the site of the explosion,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that most of Jaramana’s residents support President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The attack came amid a marked escalation of army shelling targeting the eastern belt of Damascus, home to some of the rebel Free Syrian Army’s best organised battalions.
