Overview
- The bomber detonated an explosive belt in Bab al-Faraj as police moved to detain him, killing one officer and wounding others.
- Governor Azzam al-Gharib said an officer physically restrained the suspect moments before the blast.
- Officials imposed a security cordon around the site and opened an investigation.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and an Interior Ministry spokesman said the suspect is believed to have ISIS links and was trying to enter a nearby Christian district with several churches.
- The attack followed last week’s bombing of an Alawite mosque in Homs that killed at least eight people and heightened security concerns.