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Report: Syria arrests person responsible for Damascus bomb

By REUTERS

JULY 24, 2012 11:55

DUBAI - Syrian authorities have arrested a person said to have carried out a bomb attack last week that killed three senior security officials, an Iranian news agency reported on Tuesday.

The suspect worked at the security headquarters in Damascus where the bombing took place, Fars news agency quoted Syrian parliament member Mohammad Zahir Ghanoum as saying.

The attack killed the defense minister, a general and the brother-in-law of President Bashar Assad, the most significant strike against the country's leadership as it struggles to suppress an armed rebellion.

"The agent who committed the explosion against the Syria Supreme National Security Council building was arrested," Ghanoum said.

"The arrested individual is a staff member of that same building but I cannot give further details. Probably in the near future this person's confession will be broadcast."

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