| March 2012 Aleppo bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part ofSyrian civil war | |
| Location | Aleppo, Syria |
| Date | 18 March 2012 13:30 (UTC+3) |
Attack type | car bomb |
| Deaths | 3 (2 security personnel, 1 civilian) |
| Injured | more than 30 |
| Perpetrators | claimed by theFree Syrian Army |
On 18 March 2012, acar bomb blast in a residential neighbourhood in theSyrian city ofAleppo killed two members of security forces and one female civilian. Some 30 residents were wounded. The Syrian state news agency called the explosion a "terrorist bombing".[1][2]
Residential buildings and a nearby monastery were severely damaged as a result of the bomb blast.
It was the second bombing in the city in a series of deadly attacks that took place in the city during 2012, in the frames of theSyrian civil war.