Blast near Baath party office in Syria's Aleppo: NGO

May 12, 2012 01:38

A large explosion went off near an office of the ruling Baath party in Syria's second city of Aleppo this evening, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "A big explosion was heard near Al-Jabiri Square. It targeted an office of the Baath party, according to initial reports," the Britain-based watchdog said in a statement.

Contacted by AFP on the phone from Beirut, the Observatory's Rami Abdel Rahman said that, so far, there were no reports of any casualties from the blast. But he added that unidentified gunmen shot dead a guard outside the Baath party office as they drove by in a vehicle soon after the explosion.

"The blast was powerful but we do not know what was the origin of the explosion," said Abdel Rahman. "We can confirm one death -- the guard of the Baath party office."

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