March 2012 Aleppo bombing explained

March 2012 Aleppo bombings
Partof:Syrian civil war
Location:Aleppo, Syria
Date:18 March 2012
Time:13:30
Timezone:UTC+3
Type:car bomb
Fatalities:3
(2 security personnel, 1 civilian)
Injuries:more than 30
Perpetrators:claimed by the Free Syrian Army

On 18 March 2012, a car bomb blast in a residential neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed two members of security forces and one female civilian. Some 30 residents were wounded.[1] [2]

Residential buildings and a nearby monastery were severely damaged as a result of the bomb blast.

It was the second bombing in the city in a series of deadly attacks that took place in the city during 2012, in the frames of the Syrian civil war.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Your name . Deadly car bomb hits Alepp . Emirates247.com . 2012-03-18 . 2013-06-11.
  2. Web site: The Associated Press . CBC news:Blast in Aleppo . Cbc.ca . 2012-03-18 . 2013-06-11.