Bomb Hits Iranian Bus in Syria, 6 Killed

Syria's interior minister says there has been a blast in Damascus and witnesses say it targeted Iranian pilgrims on a bus, killing at least six people.

Interior Minister Said Mohammad Sammour told Lebanon's Al-Manar Hezbollah television station that the cause of Thursday's blast has not yet been determined.

An Associated Press photographer at the scene of the blast in the Sayyida Zainab suburb in southern Damascus saw a damaged bus.

Iranian diplomats told the AP two Iranians and four Syrians were wounded by the blast. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The suburb is popular with Iranian and other Shiite pilgrims and is the location of a shrine dedicated to the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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