Several Shells Hit Jaramana City and Private School in Damascus

PROVINCES,(ST)_Some 21 mortar shells have hit five urban areas in the capital and Damascus countryside, killing two civilians and wounding 25 others, according to the official news agency (SANA).

A police command source was quoted today on the agency as saying that about eight shells- fired by terrorists- hit the quarters of al-Tejara, al-Abbaseyen, al-Dwel’a and al-Qanawat in the capital [Damascus].

The mortar attacks killed a civilian in al-Tejara quarter and left a woman and two teachers wounded in al-Abaseyen and al-Qanawat quarters as well as causing widespread damages at the sites.

The two teachers were wounded when a shell landed on the surface of ‘al-Sa’adeh’ School – a private school- in al-Qanawat quarter.

Two days ago, al-Shaghour quarter in old Damascus witnessed a deadly attack as two shells-fired by terrorists- landed on the ‘Badreddin al-Hasani’ institute for Sharia Sciences.

At least 14 civilians, mostly students, were martyred and 86 others wounded by the mortar attack on the institute.

A child martyred

Another mortar attack took place today in Jaramana city outside Damascus where a child was martyred and 22 civilians wounded, a source at the police command declared.

Repeatedly, armed terrorist groups target the city of Jaramana and hit many innocent civilians there.

B.Qaddour