(NDTV) A seven-year-old girl wearing an explosives-laden belt blew herself up inside a police station in Damascus on Friday, Syrian state media reported. The explosion in the bustling Midan neighbourhood in south-east Damascus wounded three police officers, said the Al-Watan daily, which is close to the Bashir al-Assad government. “A seven-year-old girl entered the police station, carrying a belt that was detonated from afar,” the paper posted on its Facebook page.
A police source told Al-Watan that the girl had appeared lost and asked to use the bathroom when the explosives went off.
State-run Ikhbariya news channel showed blurred images of what looked like a blackened girl’s head in a blanket, and scenes of destruction inside what it said was the police station.
