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| Cleric kaboomed in Damascus mosque |
| 2015-07-04 |
| BEIRUT -- A bomb exploded inside a mosque in an opposition-held suburb of Damascus on Friday killing a Muslim cleric, Syria’s state TV reported. The TV said the bomb was placed under the pulpit, or minbar, at the Grand Mosque in the Tal area and went off shortly after the Friday prayers ended. The report said Shaikh Suleiman Afandi was instantly killed. It was not immediately clear who was behind the killing. Tal has witnessed reconciliation between the government and rebels but is mostly opposition-controlled. Bombings targeting mosques have not been uncommon during Syria’s civil war. In 2013, preacher Shaikh Mohammad Said Ramadan Al Buti — an outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad — was killed along with at least 41 others when a suicide bomber struck a Damascus mosque. |
| Posted by:Steve White |