Attack on bus in Syria's Homs kills employees of private power company

Unknown gunmen attacked a bus carrying employees of a private electricity company in central Syria on Wednesday, killing and wounding several people.

• Brigadier General Bassam Mohamed Shaaban, Homs internal security chief, said unknown persons opened fire on the bus as employees returned home.
• A Homs health directorate source reported seven deaths and four injuries caused by the attack.
• A security source told AFP the bus carried engineers and workers of a private electricity company.
• Shaaban said the attack "will not pass without punishment" and that security forces would pursue its perpetrators.