Suicide Bomber Kills 2 in Syria's Deraa

A grab from an undated handout video made available by Shaam News Network on its youtube channel, shows Syrian security forces clashing with protesters after the Eid al-Fitr prayers, allegedly in Nakhl area of Deraa, Syria, 30 August 2011. EPA/BGNES

A suicide bomber has killed two people and wounded several others in the southern Syrian town of Deraa, a key center of the resistance against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, on Saturday.

"The terrorist explosion led to the martyrdom of two citizens," the Syrian state news agency Sana said, as cited by The Jerusalem Post.

Opposition activists denied that the explosion was caused by a bomber but did not give an explanation for the reported attack.

The reported attack comes after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed concern about "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs, allegations Damascus sharply rejected.

"The Syrian government has failed to deliver on its responsibility to protect its people," Ban told the 193-nation UN General Assembly. "Civilian populations are under military assault in several cities."

"A major assault on Homs took place yesterday," he said, adding, "Civilian losses have clearly been heavy. We continue to receive grisly reports of summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture."

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