12 Jun 2013

Police station in Damascus bombed

5:43 am on 12 June 2013

Two suicide bombers have killed at least 14 people at a police station in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

At least 30 others were wounded in the blasts, in Marjeh Square.

One bomber reached the first floor of the police station and detonated his explosives when he came under fire.

A BBC correspondent said several walls collapsed from the force of the blast. Others are splattered with blood and flesh, and punctured by holes from ball bearings packed inside the bomb.

A second suicide bomber exploded his device shortly afterwards, on the street below, as police were leaving the station.

Marjeh Square was also struck six weeks ago.