{"id":128040,"date":"2025-08-05T20:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=128040"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:11:25","slug":"general-security-member-killed-two-injured-in-latakia-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/128040\/","title":{"rendered":"General Security member Killed, two injured in Latakia countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LATAKIA, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> A member of the Syrian General Security forces was killed and two others injured on Tuesday after a man threw two hand grenades at a security checkpoint in the countryside of Qardaha, in Syria\u2019s Latakia Governorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local sources and eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at the al-Sinaa checkpoint, where three General Security personnel were stationed. The assailant, described by witnesses as visibly intoxicated, reportedly threw two grenades at the checkpoint after being told to stop drinking in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The explosion resulted in the immediate death of one officer. The two others sustained serious injuries\u2014one of whom underwent emergency surgery due to the severity of his wounds, which included multiple limb amputations. The second injured officer was reported to have suffered shrapnel wounds and was also hospitalized in Latakia city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eyewitnesses told North Press that the attacker appeared to be in a state of \u201ccomplete inebriation and confusion\u201d when the initial confrontation took place. \u201cHe left the scene and returned about 30 minutes later with two grenades,\u201d said one local resident who witnessed the aftermath of the assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Safa Suleiman<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LATAKIA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 A member of the Syrian General Security forces was killed and two others injured on Tuesday after a man threw two hand grenades at a security checkpoint in the countryside of Qardaha, in Syria\u2019s Latakia Governorate. According to local sources and eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at the al-Sinaa checkpoint, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":128041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-developments","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>General Security member Killed, two injured in Latakia countryside<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LATAKIA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 A member of the Syrian General Security forces was killed and two others injured on Tuesday after a man threw two hand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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