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bemildred

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 12:57 PM Mar 2014

Syria security HQ blast 'kills five'

At least five people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Thursday in a bomb blast near a security headquarters in central Syria's city of Hama, a monitor said.

"A truck packed with explosives detonated... near a branch of the military intelligence, killing at least five people and injuring more than 20," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Syrian state television also reported the blast, saying four people were killed and 22 wounded in a "terrorist explosion" at the southern entrance of the city.

In the northern province of Raqa, two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside Base 17, an army base under siege by opposition forces, according to the Observatory, a Britain-based group that relies on activists and other witnesses inside Syria.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/syria-security-hq-blast-kills-five-155445023.html#D8fJHH9

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