Rebels Shell Orthodox Elementary School in Damascus, 9 Children Killed

12/11/13

The website of the school can be found here.

The Patriarchate has published the following pictures, here:

Damascus (AFP) – Nine children were killed and 27 people wounded when mortar rounds hit a school and a  school bus in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, state television  reported.

Another four students  were killed when a mortar hit the vehicle they were in, in the central  Bab Sharqi district of the capital, state news agency SANA said, adding  that the driver was also killed.

Six others inside the bus, including four more students, were wounded in the “terrorist attack,” SANA said.

Also today, according to reports here, two mortars struck Holy Cross Church, the largest church in Damascus, and the Melkite Catholic Church of St Cyril.

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