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April 2012 Damascus Bombing Location Damascus Date 27 April 2012 Attack type
Suicide bombing Deaths 9 (7 military and 2 civilian) Injured 28 Perpetrators al-Nusra Front
Syrian civil war
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The 27 April 2012 Damascus bombing was a suicide attack that targeted the Syrian military, killing nine people. The event, occurred during the Syrian Civil War , was claimed by the al-Nusra Front .[1]
See also [ ] List of bombings during the Syrian Civil War References [ ]
Prominent terrorist attacks in modern Syria
1940s
Menarsha synagogue attack (1949) 1970s 1980s
President assassination attempt (1980) 1981 Azbakiyah bombing 1986 Damascus bombings ‡ 2000s
Damascus diplomatic quarter (2004)Syrian National TV (June 2006)US embassy (September 2006)Damascus car bombing (2008) Sayyidah Zeinab (2009) 2010s ‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest number of casualties
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