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| Fuel truck blast kills dozens in north Syrian border town |
| 2017-01-08 |
| A fuel truck exploded in the busy center of a rebel-held town near Syria's border with Turkey on Saturday, killing dozens of people and wounding dozens more, several sources said, Reuters reported Jan. 7. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 43 people, mostly civilians, were killed when the tanker blew up in front of a courthouse in the northern Syrian town of Azaz. Dozens more had severe injuries, said the Observatory, which monitors the violence in the country. In unsourced comments, Turkey's privately-owned Dogan news agency said a car bomb planted by Islamic State was responsible. Saturday's explosion was heard across the border in the Turkish town of Kilis, Dogan said. Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency cited a doctor in Azaz as saying at least 60 people had been killed and more than 50 wounded. Anadolu said 23 wounded people had been taken by ambulance to Kilis hospital, one of whom subsequently died. An Azaz resident who went to the local hospital told Reuters he had counted around 30 bodies laid out. |
| Posted by:Steve White |