2015 Homs car bombing
| Homs car bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Syrian Civil War | |
| Location | Homs, Syria |
| Date | 12 December 2015 |
Attack type | Car bombs |
| Deaths | 16 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
The 2015 Homs car bombing was a twin-explosion car bombing that killed 16 and injured many more. It occurred near a hospital in al-Zahra, an Alawite populated, government-controlled Neighborhood east of Homs' old city. The attack came five days after the government and rebels agreed on a local ceasefire in the western al-Waer suburb.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "Blasts near hospital in Syria's Homs city kill 16". Reuters. December 12, 2015 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Deadly car bomb attack rocks Syria's Homs". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "'IS Homs bomb attack' kills 16". BBC News. December 12, 2015.
