This image made from video made from Syrian state television shows the aftermath of a truck bomb attack in Hama, Syria, Oct. 20, 2013. Syria’s state media and activists say the suicide truck bomb attack on a government checkpoint on the edge of the central city left more than two dozen people dead.BEIRUT – The Syrian state news agency says a car bomb has exploded on the edge of the central city of Hama, causing casualties.
SANA said the explosion occurred early Sunday, but provided no further details. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion appeared to target a government checkpoint on a highway close to the city. The Observatory, which has a network of activists on the ground, said ambulances were racing to the scene.
Car bombs are most frequently used by hard-line al-Qaida-linked militants fighting among the rebels.