The suicide bomber who leaves 30 people killed and injured in the Syrian church near Damascus
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On Sunday, a suicide bomber in Syria blew himself up in a church filled with people, said state television and a war instructor.
The explosion in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Damascus took place while people prayed inside the church Mar Elias. The war based in Great Britain monitoring the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that there were 30 people injured and killed, but the exact figures are not clear. Some local media reported that children were among the victims.
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A suicide bomber exploded to Mar Elias church on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, June 22, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem / AFP via Gettty Emmess)
The attack has been the first of its kind in Syria for years, and presents itself as Damascus under its de facto Islamist rule is trying to gain the support of minorities. While President Ahmad al-Sharaa has trouble exercising authority across the country, there have been concerns concerning the presence of sleeping cells of extremist groups in the country torn apart by the war.
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A suicide bomber attacks a church on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, June 22, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem / AFP via Gettty Emmess)
The security forces and the first stakeholders rushed to the church. An eyewitness declared in a video widely broadcast online that the attacker entered and had started to shoot people there before exploding an explosive vest he wore.
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