At least one child has been killed and several people have been injured when a car bomb explosion ripped through a residential area in Syria’s central province of Homs.
Local sources said foreign-sponsored militants set off an explosives-laden car on a road in al-Arman neighborhood of the provincial capital city of Homs, located 162 kilometers (100 miles) north of the capital, Damascus, on Friday afternoon, killing a ten-year-old child and injuring nine civilians, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
The force of the explosion damaged the façade of a number of buildings in the area, and caused damage to several cars parked there.
Earlier in the day, terrorists lobbed three mortar shells at the city of Harasta, located about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Damascus.
The projectiles also caused damage to a number of houses as well as several cars parked at the residential area. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Cities and towns across Syria have frequently come under bomb attacks as well as mortar and rocket fire by militants since crisis erupted in the country more than four years ago.
On March 29, at least eight civilians were killed and over two dozen others injured in a mortar attack by foreign-backed militants in Aleppo, located 355 kilometers (220 miles) north of Damascus.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fueled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 215,000 people, according to reports.
New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.
Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. More than 7.2 million Syrians have also become internally displaced, according to the United Nations.
