3 Engineering martyred, 3 injured while dismantling explosive device in Douma

Three members of a military engineering unit were martyred, 2 others were injured, when they were trying to dismantle an explosive device in Douma, Damascus Countryside. A Police source told SANA correspondent that the explosive device, planted in a place expected to witness a turnout of protesters following Friday Prayers, suddenly blasted which caused the death of the three martyrs. The source said that the competent authorities immediately summoned a military engineering unit to dismantle the explosive device before the prayers leave the mosques, which was placed in an iron tube and aimed to kill the largest number of citizens in Douma city. The three martyrs, Milhem Asaad Juma'a, Walid al-Ess and Warrant Officer Ahmad al-Mouti were dismantling the explosive device which was placed in a metal pipe in the Municipality Rotary where gatherings took place in recent weeks following Fridays, with the three men risking their lives in front of cameras when the device went off. Milhem Asaad Juma'a left behind a wife and four children, Walid al-Ess left behind a wife and seven children, and Ahmad al-Mouti left behind a wife and two children. Three Civilians Martyred, Law Enforcement Members Injured by Gunmen Fire in Hama SANA correspondent in the central province of Hama reported that gunmen opened fire on the law enforcement forces and the civilian citizens in Kafr Zaita area, which caused the death of three civilians and the injury of a number of law enforcement members. The firing started two hours after al-Jazeera TV had reported that intensive fire shooting and mass protests took place in Hama, whereas this news was dismissed as completely false by SANA correspondent who confirmed that life was quite normal at that time. Authorities Dismantle Three Explosive Devices In Daraa and Deir Ezzor The competent  authorities managed to dismantle three explosive devices, two of them near mosques in Daraa and one in Deir Ezzor. In Daraa city, military engineering units disabled an explosive device near al-Omari Mosque in the direction of Abu Bakr Mosque. Terrorists were planning to detonate it as people exited the mosque. An army explosives expert said that the device weighs 12 kilograms and was placed in a plant pot on the sidewalk opposite the southern side of al-Omari Mosque in a location that would have killed a lot of people as they finished their prayers. Engineering units also dismantled a second explosive device placed in plastic waste basket on a pole near the western door of Sheikh Abdelaziz Aba Zeid Mosque in Daraa. An expert said that the second device weighs 10 kilograms and consists of a plaster top layer and a cement lower layer with a charge made of processed fertilizer, iron filing, metal shrapnel and empty bullet. The expert said that the device could kill in a radius of 100 meters and is equipped with an electric detonator linked to a motorbike's remote-controlled alarm. In Deir Ezzor city, engineering units dismantled an explosive device in al-Ummal neighborhood. The device consists of an 80 centimeter-long metal tube filled with 8 kilograms of TNT and equipped with four electric detonators linked to a 50-meter cord. The device contained several holes in order to make the explosion stronger and more lethal. In Idleb, the armed terrorist groups in Idleb province on Friday killed citizen Raed Mohammed Zeidany, from Idleb inhabitants, who was kidnapped on September 6 near Bennish city after threatening him many times for refusing the calls for murder and sabotage and the participation in demonstrations. The body of citizen Zeidany was found yesterday evening between Khan al-Sobol and Debsi towns, informed sources told SANA reporter, adding that it was transported to Idleb National Hospital. The source added the examination of the body clarified that the death resulted from a fatal gunshot wound with the appearance of torture effects around the body and the distortion of facial features. Lawyer, Fuad Sheikh Omar, from Baider Shamso town in Jabal al-Zawiya, refuted the news broadcast by tendentious channels, especially al-Jazeera, on his resignation from the Bar Association in Idleb. Sheikh Omar, who is now receiving treatment at Idleb National Hospital, denied as "baseless" the news broadcast by such channels that broadcast lies and distort facts. Earlier, the lawyer was abducted by an armed group as he was returning home accompanied by his father and one of his relatives. The terrorists pulled him out of the car, took him to one of the valleys, tortured and beat him, then they contacted his family and threatened them of killing and burning properties is a case of informing about the incident before releasing him. For his part, Bayan al-Kart from Saraqeb city narrated to SANA correspondent how he was tortured and threatened with death after he was kidnapped by the armed groups on Wednesday for refusing to respond to their calls to take part in demonstrations and how they blackmailed his family for money.