SANA_� 5 people were killed and �12 others were injured, two critically, in detonation of an explosive device in Ekrema neighborhood in Homs on Tuesday.

�Terrorists planted an explosive device in a passenger bus and remotely detonated it in al-Ahram Street in Ekrema neighborhood, killing five civilians and injuring 12 others,� �Homs Governor, Talal al-Barazi, told SANA .

The Governor added that the death toll could rise as 2 people were still in critical conditions .

SANA reporter said that the terrorist bombing caused damage to a number of cars, shops and infrastructure in the place of the explosion.

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