Dozens of people, including children, were killed in an enormous blast in the Syrian city of Afrin after a truck-borne bomb detonated in the middle of a crowded street. Turkey immediately pinned the blame on ‘Kurdish terrorists.
The explosion went off in a marketplace near the city center on Tuesday afternoon, sending a vast fireball and a column of black smoke into the air from the fuel- and bomb-laden truck, as was seen in video footage capturing both the moment of the bombing and its chaotic aftermath. Another 47 people were wounded in addition to the fatalities, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
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