The Syrian government announced 3 days of public mourning, 67 people were killed and 211 people were injured.
According to SANA, this evening, the graduation ceremony of the students of Homs, Syria, was targeted by a drone attack by terrorist groups, and the government of this country announced 3 days of mourning for the victims of this terrorist attack.
Al Jazeera reported that 67 people lost their lives and 211 people were injured in this terrorist attack. Since the families of the graduates were also present in this ceremony, several civilians, including children, can be seen among the dead and wounded in this incident.
The reporter of Russia Al-Youm reported that the Minister of Defense of Syria and the Governor of Homs were present at this graduation ceremony and the attack was carried out after their departure.
A high-ranking source also told Sputnik: What has been said in cyberspace about the presence of the Syrian Defense Minister at the time of the explosion inside the Homs Officer College is false. The Minister of Defense was present at the ceremony, but he left the college after the ceremony and this terrorist attack was carried out 21 minutes after the Minister of Defense left.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria strongly condemned this terrorist act in a statement and announced: This crime indicates the insistence of the perpetrators on their bloody and brutal terrorist practice, which the Syrian nation has been struggling with for several years. The Syrian government emphasizes that this terrorist act will not cause a retreat from the efforts to eradicate the scourge of terrorism and its supporters.
The statement further states: Until these terrorist groups are destroyed, the Syrian government will resolutely and with all its strength respond to their actions wherever they are in Syria. The Syrian government asks the United Nations and the Security Council to condemn this cowardly act of terrorism and hold the countries that support these terrorists accountable for their crimes against the Syrian people.