One Killed, Nine Injured in Shelling of Russian Embassy in Damascus
By REUTERS
One Syrian was killed and nine others were injured during a mortar
shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus, the Russian foreign
ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
By REUTERS
Published: November 28, 2013 at 11:30 AM ET
MOSCOW — One Syrian was killed and nine others were injured during a
mortar shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus, the Russian foreign
ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
One mortar round landed at the embassy's premises and the other exploded close to it, the statement posted on www.mid.ru said, killing and injuring local residents, including guards.
"We consider them (shellings) acts of terrorism, whose executors and
those inciting and supervising them, should receive a deserved
punishment," the ministry said.
Russia, a staunch supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has
criticized the West for aiding rebels who have been fighting to topple
him for more than two years in a war that has cost well over 100,000
lives.
Rebels have launched several mortar and rocket attacks in recent months
into the center of the Syrian capital, where many embassies and senior
Syrian officials are based.
A mortar shell landed on the compound of the Russian embassy in September inflicting light injuries to two people.
The Russian mission was also damaged in February when a car bomb
exploded nearby on a busy Damascus highway, killing 50 people. No one
was wounded at the embassy, but that blast blew out windows in the
building, Russian officials said.
(Reporting By Alexei Anishchuk; editing by Ralph Boulton)
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