Two people were killed and 13 injured when an explosive device detonated aboard a passenger minibus in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus, Syrian state media reported. Authorities had not announced a cause or attributed responsibility.
State-run Al-Ikhbariya television first reported that a device had exploded inside the minibus and that there were casualties, without giving numbers. Syria's SANA news agency later cited the Health Ministry's Referral, Ambulance and Emergency Directorate for the toll of two dead and 13 wounded.
Najib al-Naasan, the directorate's head, said forensic specialists were handling human remains recovered at the scene under established procedures. Nearby hospitals and emergency departments were put on high alert, while ambulances and medical teams transported injured people for treatment.
SANA said Interior Ministry forensic teams, Civil Defence personnel and Syrian Arab Red Crescent crews continued work at the site. A crane was used to remove the damaged minibus so technical examinations could proceed. Images and video circulating online showed extensive damage to the vehicle and debris on the roadway near residential buildings, according to the report.
Neither Syria's Interior Ministry nor other security authorities had issued a detailed public statement at the time of the initial account. No organization immediately claimed the blast. The absence of a claim and the lack of technical findings mean the event cannot yet be reliably classified beyond an explosion involving a reported device.
The blast occurred in the multi-ethnic city of Jaramana shortly after local religious and community leaders issued a statement supporting Syrian unity and rejecting calls that could undermine civil peace. Al-Ikhbariya noted the timing, but the supplied evidence did not establish any connection between that statement and the minibus explosion.
The casualty report also left basic details unresolved. Authorities had not released the victims' names or ages, described the conditions of the injured or said where the vehicle was travelling. It was unclear when the device was placed, how it was triggered or whether the minibus itself was the intended target.
Investigators therefore faced two distinct tasks: identifying the device and the person or group responsible, and reconstructing why the passenger vehicle was struck. The confirmed public information was limited to the Jaramana location, the official toll and the emergency response. Any motive, perpetrator or political link would be speculative until Syrian authorities release forensic or investigative findings. Removal of the minibus by crane was intended to allow technical examination, while forensic, civil-defence and Red Crescent teams continued their work. The alert at nearby hospitals showed the response extended beyond the blast site.
