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Syrian security chief dies

General Hisham Ikhtiyar, the head of Syrian national security wounded in a Damascus bomb blast that killed three senior officials, has reportedly died in hospital.

General Hisham Ikhtiyar, the head of Syrian national security wounded in a Damascus bomb blast that killed three senior officials, has reportedly died in hospital.

Ikhtiyar was wounded along with Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar in the Wednesday bombing at Syria's National Security headquarters, which was claimed by the rebel Free Syrian Army.

A Syrian State Television report said on Friday Ikhtiyar had died in a Damascus hospital.

Defence Minister General Daoud Rajha, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat and General Hassan Turkmani, head of the regime's crisis cell on the uprising, were killed in the explosion.


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