IS jihadist group claims Damascus shrine bomb attacks

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Source: AFP

Beirut (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist group said it carried out two suicide bombing attacks Sunday near a Shiite shrine south of Syria's capital that a monitoring group said killed 62 people.

IS said two militants blew themselves up at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine area, although state television and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported three bomb attacks.

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#BREAKING: At least 57 dead in bomb attacks in Syria's Homs: monitor (updated toll)
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/701422977146077186

#BREAKING: IS group claims bombings in Syria's Homs: statement
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/701443530296848384

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1. Over 100 killed in Syrian bomb attacks today

In Homs, at least 57 people, mainly civilians, were killed in a double car bombing, a monitoring group reported.

At least four blasts later struck the southern Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, causing at least 50 deaths, state media said.
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In Damascus, at least four explosions were reported in Sayyida Zeinab, the location of Syria's holiest Shia Muslim shrine, said to contain the grave of the Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter.

State television reported at least 50 dead and 200 wounded. Other reports put the death toll higher.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35624654