BEIRUT: Twelve people were killed while 20 others were wounded when mortar shells struck the campus of Damascus University on Thursday, Syrian state TV said.
However, Official SANA news agency, said that eleven were killed in the attack including nine students. It said only six others sustained injuries.
“Terrorists fired mortar rounds on the Faculty of Architecture in Damascus,” Syrian state TV said, blaming opposition forces for the attack.
The mortar shells appear to have struck the cafeteria as the government-run Al-Ikhbariya TV station showed footage of tables and chairs turned upside down, shattered glass and blood on the floor.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also confirmed the attack.
“Several mortar rounds hit the Baramkeh area and the architecture faculty compound, causing several casualties,” the London-based monitoring group said, without elaborating.
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