New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- At least 8 people were killed, several others were injured during Friday prayers as a 'terrorist explosion' hit worshippers at a mosque in Syria's Homs on Friday, 26 December.

Syria's interior ministry said in a statement that "a terrorist explosion" targeted the mosque "during Friday prayers".

Condemning the blast as a "cowardly criminal act" - Syria's foreign ministry - in a statement, said the blast came "in the context of repeated desperate attempts to undermine security and stability and spread chaos among the Syrian people".

The blast is the second in a place of worship since Islamist authorities took charge of the country a year ago, after a suicide bombing in a Damascus church killed 25 people in June.

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