Syria: Multiple explosions in Damascus; dozens killed and injured

Bombs at Palace of Justice and a restaurant

Dozens killed and injured

6th anniversary of start of Syrian uprising

• Syrian state TV says a suicide bomber targeted Damascus Palace of Justice.
• Police say at least 25 people have been killed, AFP reported
• Syria’s official news agency says at least 25 killed, AP reported
• Syria’s Minister of Justice says 31 dead and 60 injured in Damascus suicide attack, Al Jazeera Arabic reported
• NEW A police source told AFP 32 people died and 100 were injured
• NEW The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said at least 39 people had been killed, The Washington Post reported

• The bomber set off his explosive device after police stopped him from entering the building, Ahmed al-Sayyid, a senior state legal official told al-Ikhbariya TV, the Guardian reported.
• Damascus police chief Mohammad Kheir Ismail told Syrian state TV the attack was at 1.20pm, when a man in military uniform and carrying a shotgun and grenades arrived at the entrance to the palace, the Guardian reported.

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  State TV reported a second Damascus blast. AFP says the explosion was at a restaurant in Rabweh district and caused deaths and injuries.
• NEW 25 people were injured in the restaurant explosion, a police source told AFP
• The Ikhbariyeh TV channel said the restaurant attacker was chased by security agents into a restaurant where he detonated an explosive vest, AP reported.

• NEW Reports a third bomb was defused near President Bridge in Damascus city center
• March 15 marks the 6th anniversary of the Syrian uprising against Bashar al-Assad.
• Attack follows a double bombing in Damascus on March 11 that killed at least 40 people which was claimed by Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, Syria’s al-Qaeda branch.

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