A suicide bomber detonated the explosives inside the main building on Wednesday, according to AP. The Justice Palace houses a number of Syrian courts.
The attacker is said to have detonated his explosive device after police attempted to prevent him from entering the building, Ahmed al-Sayyid, a senior state legal official told al-Ikhbariya TV, according to Reuters.
A Damascus Police source told SANA the initial toll is said to be 25, with a number of people injured.
SANA"s reporter: Terrorists detonate IED at the Justice Palace in al-Hamidiyeh area in #Damascus
— SANAEnglishOfficial (@SANAEnOfficial) March 15, 2017
Government authorities ordered an evacuation of the area over fears of further attacks, Almasdar News reports.
The attack comes on the sixth anniversary of the protests which paved the way for the Syrian conflict and is the second bombing in the Syrian capital in five days.
Twin bomb attacks killed at least 40 in Damascus on Saturday. An Al Qaeda-linked terrorist alliance, Levant Liberation Committee, also known as Hayat Tahrir al Sham, claimed responsibility for the blasts.
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