At least 20 people were killed and 52 others were injured in a suicide bombing of a church outside Damascus, Syria Ministry said.
The attacker who entered Marias Church in Dweila in a service and opened the weapon in a weapon before a detailed vest explosive, the ministry says in a statement.
It added that he was associated with Jihadist Group Islamic State (Mao). There is no immediate claim from the group itself.
Syrian civil defense – whose emergency teams known as white helmet – posted pictures and videos from inside the church showing the broken glass and a floor floor.
One person told the AFP News Agency outside Elijah “Someone entered into carrying a weapon” and began to shoot. “(People) tried to stop him before he exploded himself,” he added.
A worker at a nearby shop says: “We saw the fire of the church and the remnants of the wooden trees falling in the way.”
Security forces prevented the area around the Church and examined attacks, according to the Interior ministry.
This is the first Damascus attack because Bashar Al-Assad has fallen in the rebel forces in December.
Interim President Ahmed Al-SHARAA – KNOW SUNNI ISLAMIST GROUP, HAYAT TAHRIR AL-SHAM (HSS), is a former al-Qaeda promising Syria – often promised to protect religious and ethnic minorities.
However, the country stoned by two waves of deadly sect violence in recent months.
