Syrian security forces have killed three suspected "terrorists" in clashes at the Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmuk, south of Damascus, private Dunia television reported on Thursday. "A clash took place between security forces and presumed terrorist elements in the Yarmuk camp, and three of them were killed and one wounded," Dunia said, quoting witnesses. Other television reports said that Iraqis and Saudis were among the suspected terrorists. | "One of the men, who was wearing an explosives belt, was overpowered by the Syrian security forces," the television added, saying calm had returned to the camp. The report did not say when the incident occurred.
Other television reports said that Iraqis and Saudis were among the suspected terrorists.
About 424,650 Palestinian refugees are registered in Syria. Half of them live in 13 camps spread around the country. The Yarmuk camp, about 15 kilometers south of the capital, is the largest with around 112,550 residents. On September 27, a car bomb exploded near a Shiite shrine in southern Damascus, killing 17 people and wounding 14 others, in one of the deadliest attacks in a dozen years. |