A priest has descried the moment a suicide bomber entered a church in Syria before detonating himself and killing at least 22 worshippers. The explosion in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Damascus took place as people were praying inside the Mar Elias Church. SANA on Sunday (22 June). Father Fadi Ghattas said: “We were having mass, and people were praying peacefully, under the eyes of God. Suddenly, someone came in through the door wearing a vest and aiming a weapon. The young men rushed at him to get him out of the church which is a sacred place for us, and at the church door he blew himself up.”

Una potente esplosione provocata da un attentatore suicida ha semidistrutto una chiesa a Damasco, la capitale siriana, causando un numero imprecisato di morti e feriti, oltre a…

L'attentatore si è fatto esplodere all'interno della chiesa di Mar Elias

Un attentatore suicida si è fatto esplodere nella chiesa di Mar Elias, nel quartiere cristiano di Dwelah