Activists say some forty people killed, 160 wounded in blast that occurs in area under army's control.
By REUTERSSmoke rises over Syria's Homs 370 (R)(photo credit: REUTERS / Handout)
The Jerusalem Post cannot verify the veracity of this video.BEIRUT - Forty people were killed and at least 120 people were wounded in an explosion at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, a group opposed to President Bashar Assad said.The explosion occurred in the south-eastern district of Wadi al-Dhahab, which the army has taken over, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The group has a network of sources in the opposition and state security forces.The Observatory said the casualties were soldiers and civilians and that some of the wounded were in a critical condition.Activists said the explosion, which appeared to be significantly larger than most bombs used daily by either side in the two-year-old Syrian conflict, ripped through the southeastern neighborhood of al-Nozha.The neighborhood is majority Alawite, the same sect as President Bashar Assad. Sunni Muslim insurgents have targeted Alawite areas, especially military positions, around the country with bombs and mortars.
