The police chief in Syria’s central city of Homs says a bomb planted on a taxi van killed at least five people.
Maj. Gen. Khaled Hilal tells Syria TV that the vehicle targeted on Wednesday was mainly carrying university students, and that four other passengers were wounded.
Hilal says initial reports indicate a man got on the van to plant the device and stepped off before it exploded. Footage aired on al-Ikhbariya state TV shows the skeleton of the taxi van after the explosion.