Twin bombing kills at least 30 in Damascus Old City

Twin bombs killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 100 in the Old City of Damascus on Saturday in a rare attack in the Syrian capital, a monitoring group and state media said.

A roadside bomb detonated as a bus passed and a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Bab al-Saghir area, which houses several Shia mausoleums that draw pilgrims from around the world, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The SANA state news agency reported that "two bombs planted by terrorists exploded near the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Bab Musalla", killing 33 people and injuring more than 100 others.

Hezbollah`s al-Manar TV put the death toll at 40.

Al-Mayadeen, a pro-government TV station based in Lebanon, said the bombings targeted buses of Shia pilgrims.

The Bab al-Saghir cemetery is located near one of the seven gates of the Old City of Damascus.

Source: Al Jazeera