Syria: Gunmen Kill 4 Citizens in al-Qadam Neighborhood in Damascus

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Members of an armed terrorist group killed on Saturday four citizens in al-Qadam neighborhood in the capital Damascus in an attempt to terrorize the inhabitants.

Police sources said the gunmen opened fire randomly, immediately killing Amin al-Masri, Abdul-Wahab al-Masri, Abdul-Muneim Ramadan and Hannoush al-Khudr and injuring a child who was near the place.

The sources added that the gunmen perpetrated their crime inside a popular neighborhood, took a side road and managed to flee away among the alleys and keep themselves out of sight, taking advantage of the inhabitants' panic and fear of firing.

The residents of the neighborhood said that the four citizens were waiting outside a warehouse to replace gas cylinders when fire was opened on them, thanking God for the absence of full gas cylinders outside which prevented a catastrophe.

Relatives of the martyrs refuted the allegations of al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya channels on the circumstances surrounding the death of the martyrs, stressing that the martyrs were killed at the hands of the armed terrorist groups.

Baheej al-Masri, brother of martyr Amin al-Masri, said "At 1:15 pm, three gunmen stepped out from a white Kia Rio car and started shooting at a gas distribution store killing my brother and the owner of the store in addition to Hannoush al-Khudr and a citizen from Daraa I don't know his name."

For his part, Abboud al-Khudr, brother of martyr Hannoush al-Khudr, said "My brother went to the gas store to replace his gas cylinder when an armed terrorist group opened fire, causing the death of my brother."

Security Forces Arrest Member of Terrorist Group in Homs, Seizing Explosives and Ammunition

Competent authorities arrested a member of the armed terrorist groups at Fairouza farms in Homs, seizing different kinds of weapons, explosives and ammunitions with him.

During the operation, security men confiscated 6 hand-made bombs, two Kalashnikov rifles, 3 pistols and big quantities of ammunitions.

On Thursday, the security members seized a car loaded with weapons at Tal al-Shour near Homs.

Engineering Units Dismantle Explosive Devices in Bukamal and al-Mayadin, Deir Ezzor

Engineering units on Saturday dismantled two explosive devices prepared to explode in the cities of al-Mayadin and Bukamal in Deir Ezzor province, northeastern Syria.

The first explosive device, which constituted a small travel gas cylinder filled with TNT and rigged to explode via remote control, was planted on the edge of a main road in the city of al-Mayadin.

The other explosive device was attached to the fuel tank of a motorcycle left by two masked persons, one of them was armed, in a crowded street in the city of the Buakamal city. The device was equipped with an electric detonator and also rigged to explode by remote control.

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