Mourners bury victims of Damascus cafe bombing with six lawyers among dead
Key takeaways
- Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday’s attack in Damascus.
- The funeral procession in the normally bustling Midan neighbourhood saw mourners on Friday carry the coffins of three of the dead, as they were laid to rest.
- Thursday’s blast, which also wounded 22 people, targeted the Al-Mushairiya Cafe on al-Nasr Street in the al-Hijaz district.
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Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday’s attack in Damascus.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Syrian security forces gather at the site of an explosion at a cafe in the capital Damascus [Loai Beshara/AFP]By Heba Habib and The Associated Press Published On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026Syrians have filed through the capital, Damascus, to mourn the victims of a bomb blast that ripped through a cafe, near the Palace of Justice, killing 10 people, including six lawyers.
The funeral procession in the normally bustling Midan neighbourhood saw mourners on Friday carry the coffins of three of the dead, as they were laid to rest.