Blasts at restaurant in Syrian capital and at the Palace of Justice follow another double suicide bombing there at the weekend

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At least 31 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after two suicide bomb attacks in Damascus, state media reported, the second double bombing in the Syrian capital in five days. Syria’s state-owned television reported that at least 25 people were killed and many others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside the “old building” of the Palace of Justice in central Damascus, not far from the famous and crowded Souq al-Hamidiyah market. The Ikhbariyeh TV channel said the attacker was being chased by security agents when he ran into a restaurant and detonated his explosives' vest there.
According to Syrian state media, two suicide bombers attack in Damascus, killing at least 31 people.