suicide bomber kills six in syria restaurant reports suicide bombing in aleppo restaurant at student graduation celebration kills six and wounds 19 some in critical condition says monitoring group afp friday 23 aug 2013 a suicide bombing in a restaurant in syrias second city aleppo killed six people including a journalist from pro-government television state media and a monitoring group said friday. the blast struck as a group of youths celebrated the graduation of a student who was one of those killed in the attack in the dining area of mogambo on thursday said the syrian observatory for human rights. "the attack also wounded 19 people including some in critical condition" said the britain-based organisation. the official sana news agency also reported the attack and singled out the death of the journalist it identified as al-ikhbariya tv correspondent hassan muhanna. the attack occurred in a part of aleppo controlled by the regime of president bashar al-assad which has been fighting an armed uprising for more than two years in a conflict that has killed more than 100000. on may 27 another al-ikhbariya journalist was killed by a sniper in the then rebel stronghold of qusayr. prior to his death media watchdog reporters without borders said 23 journalists had been killed in syria since the countrys conflict erupted in march 2011.
suicide bomber kills six in syria restaurant reports