DAMASCUS,- A roadside bomb went off near a church in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday, killing four people, witnesses told Xinhua.
The bomb was attached to a bicycle that was abandoned near a security forces' vehicle near Marlias Church in the Damascus suburb of Dwaila, reports and witnesses said, adding that the blast killed three security men and a young man.
Many people, including a child, were injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
Bombing and mortar attacks have become daily routine in Syria whose government blames al-Qaida terror network of wreak havoc across the country.