JAKARTA - Hundreds of mourners on Saturday local time gathered outside the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque, Syria.
The mosque is located in the city of Homs, Syria, where a bomb blast killed 8 people and injured 18 others on Friday, December 26.
Citing AP, the crowd paid their respects before the convoy finally drove to bury the victims in the rain and cold air piercing the skin.
Based on the initial investigation of the police, the explosives were planted inside the mosque. However, the mastermind of the bomb attack in the Wadi Al-Dhahab neighborhood, most of whose residents are from the Alawite minority, has not yet been revealed.
On the one hand, a little-known militant group called Saraya Ansar Al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the attack through a post on their Telegram channel.
The militant claimed that the attack was intended to target members of the Alawite sect, a branch of Shiite Islam considered by hardline Islamist groups to be apostates.
The same militant group had previously claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a Greek Orthodox church in Dweil'a, a Damascus suburb, in June 2025.
The attack occurred as worshippers were praying on Sunday then a gunman entered and fired shots and detonated an explosive vest causing 25 people to die.
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