The suicide bomb in the Damascus church has caused the death of 20 people

At least 20 people were killed and 52 were injured in a church in a church in a church in a church of the Syrian Ministry of Health.

The attacker, according to the Interior Ministry, entered the Mar Elias Church in Dweila during a service, and an explosive vote opened fire with a gun before exploding.

He added that he was associated with the Islamic State (as well). The group did not immediately claim.

Syrian Civil Defense – Smart Like White Helmet – Sent photos and videos from the church, which shows the heavy damaged altar, broken glass and bloody floor.

One person began to shoot “someone carrying weapons” to the AFP news agency. “(People) tried to stop him before he flies.”

The nearby worker said, “We saw the fire in the church and the remains of wooden benches thrown into the path of the entrance.”

According to the Interior Ministry, security forces closed the area around the church and investigate the attack.

The first such attack in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by rebel forces in December.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the intermediate President Ahmad Al-Saraa – Sunni Islamist group, is a branch of the former al-Qaeda in Syria – repeatedly promised to promise religious and ethnic minorities.

However, the country was killed by two waves of deadly sectarian violence in recent months.