Syria: Head of Kafr Nan Municipality killed in a car bomb explosion in northern Homs


The head of the Kafr Nan municipality, Mohammad al-Ismail, was martyred today when an explosive device exploded in a van he was driving in the village of Tasnin, in the northern countryside of Homs.

A medical source at al-Bassel hospital in the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of Homs city told the SANA correspondent that the hospital received the body of a person who died this morning after being directly hit by shrapnel resulting from the explosion of an explosive device in the village of Tasnin, in the northern countryside of Homs.

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Source: SANA News


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