Terrorists launched rocket shells on Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and injuring dozens others.

Terrorists launched rocket shells on Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and injuring dozens others.

“The shells, which were fired by terrorists positioned in the Eastern al-Ghouta, left five civilians dead and 55 others injured,” official news agency, SANA, quoted a source at Damascus Police Command as saying.

The source noted that most of the victims are women and children, SANA added.

Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, also said rocket shells were launched on Damascus, but reported different death toll.

The observatory said more than 50 missiles were fired at several central neighborhoods.