President of the Homs Criminal Court and Son Wounded in Blast in the Syrian city of Homs
(AWP) - Syria’s official TV channel has announced that the President of the Homs Criminal Court and his son were seriously wounded on Thursday when an explosive charge attached to the vehicle in which they were driving detonated, leaving three people injured.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that the blast had taken place in a tourist vehicle in al-Shammas neighborhood, Homs, near the university dormitories in the city.
The explosion targeted the vehicle of Judge Akram Ibrahim, President of the Homs Criminal Court, and his son Milad, a lawyer, according to the Syrian newspaper al-Watan.
“We heard the explosion, and when we arrived here, we saw a car that people said contained a man and his son,” said Abu Omar, an eyewitness.
A local in the neighborhood, Mostafa, said, “we live in the area. We all heard the explosion. Everyone says it was a terrorist operation—an explosive device attached to the car. May God save them all.”