Car explosion kills 1 officer in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- An explosive device attached to a car went off Saturday in a district of the Syrian capital of Damascus, leading to the death of one Syrian officer, sources said.

The explosive device tore through the officer's car near a hospital in the Ibn al-Nafis area of Damascus, where the officer works.

The sources' account could not be checked independently due to the absence of official comments.

Several officers have been targeted over the past few months in the unrest-torn country, some of them killed and others kidnapped. Enditem

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