25 civilians were killed and many others were injured when a terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest carried out an attack in the old Justice Palace building in al-Hamidiyeh area in Damascus.

A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA that a terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in the old Justice Palace building in al-Hamidiyeh area.

The source added that the terrorist bombing claimed the lives of a number of civilians and injured many of the citizens who were at the building.

Later, a number of civilians, most of them children and women, were injured when a terrorist suicide bomber detonated himself in a restaurant located in al-Rabwah area on the outskirts of Damascus city.

Special sources told SANA reporter that Syrian authorities had been chasing the bomber along with two other terrorists.

The other two terrorists had been caught, while the bomber ran away and managed to enter the restaurant, where he blew himself up, the sources said.

Source: SANA