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44 dead in Syria bomb blast: state TV

'This is the largest explosion the city has even seen' a source in Kurdish Asayesh security forces said

Afp July 27, 2016 Less than a minute read

syrians gather at the site of a bomb attack in syria 039 s northeastern city of qamishli on july 27 2016 photo afp

Syrians gather at the site of a bomb attack in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on July 27, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

BEIRUT: The toll in a massive bomb attack on Wednesday in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria has risen to 44, state media said.

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The official SANA news agency said at least 140 people were also injured when a suicide bomber in a vehicle blew himself up in a western neighbourhood of the city.

The attack was initially described as a double bombing, but sources in the city and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights subsequently said the initial attack had caused a gas tank to detonate.

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The area targeted houses several ministries of the local autonomous Kurdish administration.