The four assailants who carried out an attack against the U.S. Embassy in Damascus were Syrians, the official SANA news agency reported Wednesday. The only assailant who was captured died Wednesday of severe injuries sustained in clashes with members of the anti-terror squad, it said. "Due to his critical condition, investigators were unable to interrogate him to unravel this terrorist operation," it added.| And the investigators were really, really disappointed... |
No more details were immediately available as no organization claimed responsibility for the attack. Four gunmen attempted on Tuesday to blow up two explosive-laden cars at the U.S. Embassy in downtown Damascus, which was foiled by Syrian security forces in a clash, in which three of the assailants were killed and the fourth injured. It was the latest attack against U.S. missions abroad. In March, the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi was attacked and a U.S. diplomat and four other people were killed.