[h=3]By SAM DAGHER[/h]BEIRUT—Syria's Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Dawood Rajha was killed in a massive bombing in central Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state media said.
Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency shows Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Dawood Rajha casting his vote on the constitution in Damascus on Feb. 26.
State television said the minister, who is a Christian, was killed in an attack against the so-called national security building in Rawda Square while he and other senior security and defense leaders were meeting inside.
It added that there were other serious injuries among those who were at the meeting but didn't give further details.
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Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency shows Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Dawood Rajha casting his vote on the constitution in Damascus on Feb. 26.
State television said the minister, who is a Christian, was killed in an attack against the so-called national security building in Rawda Square while he and other senior security and defense leaders were meeting inside.
It added that there were other serious injuries among those who were at the meeting but didn't give further details.
Write to Sam Dagher at [email protected]