Blast in Syria coastal city kills at least 3 people: state news

A blast on Saturday in Syria's coastal city of Latakia killed at least three people and injured 12, state media reported citing local authorities, with the cause still unclear.

"The blast in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Latakia city has so far resulted in three deaths and 12 injured," state news agency SANA cited provincial authorities as saying, adding that "civil defence teams and residents are still searching for others injured and missing".

The cause of the blast was unexploded ordnance, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR).

The monitor described the incident as an accident, resulting from a resident’s attempt to dismantle unexploded ordnance in the building.