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BEIRUT- A suicide bomber in Syria's capital Damascus killed 25 people and wounded 46 others, local news station Addounia said.

"In Damascus there are 25 martyrs, 15 of the bodies were in pieces, and more than 46 people were wounded, most of them civilians" it said.

The state-run channel and an official say an explosion ripped through a police bus in the center of Syria’s capital Friday. Syrian TV showed residents and paramedics carrying human remains.

Other footage showed a bus with blood on its seats, and cars with blown-out windows and riddled with shrapnel.