Gunmen in Syria killed seven people and wounded four others after opening fire on a civilian bus in western Homs province on Wednesday evening.
The bus was carrying company employees returning home from work when it came under fire as it crossed the Masyaf Bridge in the western Homs countryside, according to the Homs Health Directorate.
Downtown Homs. Wiki CommonsSecurity units were immediately deployed to the scene to secure the area, while criminal investigators began collecting evidence to identify those responsible and determine the motive, according to Homs Internal Security Forces commander Brig Gen Bassem Mohammad Shaaban.
The injured were taken to hospitals across the governorate, while security forces began an investigation.
Maan Mahmoud Fahd, director of the Homs Grand Hospital, told Sana that four individuals were declared dead upon arrival, after suffering from severe gunshot wounds to the head and chest.
No group has yet claimed responsibility, and authorities have not named any suspects. Shaaban vowed to pursue those responsible, saying the attack would not go unpunished.
"We view this cowardly attack as an attempt to undermine security in Homs and destabilise the stability we have worked to consolidate," Shaaban said.
"We will not allow criminals to threaten the security of our people or undermine the stability the city is experiencing," he added.
The ambush was one of several recent attacks to raise security concerns in Syria since the fall of Bashar a
