Syria Bomb Blasts KIlls 32, Wounds 90, Monitoring Group Says

At least 32 were killed and another 90 wounded Monday after two bomb blasts hit Syria's central city of Homs, according to the monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The blasts, one from a car bomb and the other from a suicide attack, hit the main square in the Al-Zahraa district, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

Earlier reports differed greatly from what's being reported now, with the state television reporting 14 dead and 132 wounded and both explosions caused by car bombs.

"The preliminary toll in simultaneous terrorist explosions that hit the city's Al-Zahraa neighbourhood is 14 dead and 132 wounded," it said in a news flash, according to AFP.

Monday's attack marks the second major attack in the city since the Homs ceasefire deal took effect. On Dec. 12, twin blasts in Al-Zahraa killed at least 16 people, reported Reuters. ISIS claimed responsibility for that attack, saying a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb.

Under the ceasefire, about 800 people, including several militants, left the last rebel-controlled area of the city, the al-Waer district, clearing the way for Syria's government to take control of the area, according to CNN.

No one has claimed responsibility for this attack.

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Syria, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Bombing, Terrorism, ISIS, Militants, Jihadists, Suicide bomber
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