JARAMANA, Syria - Simultaneous car bombings killed more than 50 people and left a trail of destruction in a town near Syria's capital on Wednesday, as rebels downed a military aircraft for a second straight day.
The explosives-packed cars were detonated at daybreak in a pro-regime neighbourhood of the mainly Christian and Druze town of Jaramana, residents, state media and a rights watchdog reported.
The blasts ripped through a central square near a petrol station, sending residents fleeing in panic.
There was a ball of fire at the end of a narrow lane, and the impact of the explosions brought walls down onto cars, crushing them and scattering debris over the ground.
Pools of blood and severed body parts were on the streets, said an AFP photographer in the town.
The death toll mounted as the day wore on, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights giving tallies of 20, then 29, 38 and later 54.
More than 120 people were wounded, and many residents rushed with them to hospital, while others visited the homes of bereaved families...
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