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Fourth gunman dies in foiled US embassy attack in Syria

One of the four gunmen who attacked the US embassy in the Syrian capital has died of his injuries, after the other three were killed by security forces who thwarted the attack, state-run SANA news agency reported on Wednesday.

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DAMASCUS: One of the four gunmen who attacked the US embassy in the Syrian capital has died of his injuries, after the other three were killed by security forces who thwarted the attack, state-run SANA news agency reported on Wednesday.              

 

"The fourth terrorist who took part in the terrorist operation targeting the US embassy on Tuesday has died of the serious injuries he 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," for which there has been no claim of responsibility yet, the agency said.   

 

All four gunmen were Syrian nationals, SANA said, citing "initial" reports.            

 

SANA's report contradicted claims by a senior US official who said in Washington late Tuesday that the gunman captured during the attack had been cooperating with Syrian authorities.     

 

Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid told US charge d'affaires Michael Corbin that the attacker was "providing information to Syrian security authorities," State Department Spokesman Tom Casey said.           

 

Three other assailants and a member of Syria's anti-terror squad were killed Tuesday, as Syrian security forces foiled the attack in which grenades, automatic weapons and two explosives-laden vehicles were used. Some 14 people were wounded.           

 

The US embassy said none of its staff was hurt in the attack.

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