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"Several citizens" were killed and injured in the blast, according to SANA. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported a car bombing, followed by clashes on the outskirts of the Qaboun neighborhood.
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The Peugeot was being followed by a marked police car when the crash happened at 18:24 GMT on Sunday.
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As he followed them on foot, a fourth man emerged from the car and fired a blast from a shotgun at DeCoatsworth's face.
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Actions such as the car bombings have previously been followed by Israeli military attacks on Palestinian targets, but earlier this week Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon implemented what he called a unilateral cease-fire.
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In the latest violence on Thursday night, a car bomb followed by a roadside bomb exploded outside shops on a busy road in Baghdad's Zafaraniya district, killing 31 people and wounding 56, police officials told CNN.
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Then a rookie on the Philadelphia police force, DeCoatsworth had followed a group of men in a car, whose activities he found suspicious.
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He was taken on a lap of honour around the town centre in an open-top car, followed by a cavalcade of cyclists from Pendle's local clubs.
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