Improvised bomb goes off near Russian military police patrol in Syria

An improvised explosive device went off on the way of a Russian military police patrol in Syria’s Daraa governorate, chief of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the conflicting sides in SyriaAlexey Bakin said on Friday, TASS reported.

“At 10:25am on October 11, an improvised caseless explosive device went off near a motor convoy of a Russian military police patrol some 700 meters west of the settlement of Anhul in the province of Daraa in the south of Syria. Russian servicemen were not hurt. Syrian security officers reached the scene 20 minutes later. At this moment, another improvised explosive device was activated. As a result of the second blast, the car of Syrian security officers was damaged, two Syrian officers received minor wounds,” Bakin said.