Jumat 22 Mar 2013 16:33 WIB

President Assad vows to clean Syria of 'extremists'

the Eman Mosque is seen destroyed after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Foto: AP/SANA
the Eman Mosque is seen destroyed after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March 21, 2013.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BEIRUT - Syria's president has vowed to rid the country of Muslim "extremists" whom he blamed for a suicide bombing that killed 42 people, including a top Sunni preacher.

Friday's statement by Bashar Assad came hours after the explosion ripped through a mosque in the heart of Damascus, killing Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti. It was one of the most stunning assassinations of the two-year civil war and the first time a suicide bomber struck inside a mosque.

Al-Buti was a staunch supporter of Assad. More than 84 were wounded in the attack. In the statement carried by Syria's state news agency, Assad says al-Buti represented true Islam in facing "the forces of darkness and extremist" ideology. Assad says his forces will "wipe out" and "clean our country" of the attackers.

 

 

 

sumber : AP
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