A bomb killed at least six people on Wednesday near a Shia shrine in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media and opposition activists said. State media said 13 people were also wounded in the explosion in the Sayeda Zainab district. The semi-official Addounia television said the bomb was placed in a garbage bag. Another bomb in the area was defused, the station said.
"The explosion occurred just east of the shrine. Lots of people are also wounded," said one of the activists in the area, who declined to be named.