People participate in the funeral of Muslim scholar Mohammad Saed Ramadan al-Bouti at Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, March 23, 2013. The suicide bomb attack in a mosque in Damascus has killed some 50 people on March 21, including prominent cleric Mohammad Saed Ramadan al-Bouti. (Xinhua/Zhang Naijie)

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Syria mourns prominent cleric killed in Damascus mosque blast

DAMASCUS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Syrians on Saturday took part in the funeral of a prominent cleric who was killed in a suicide bombing targeting a mosque in central the capital Damascus two days ago.

On Thursday evening, Muslim scholar Mohammad Saed Ramadan al- Bouti, his grandson and another 49 were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself inside al-Eman Mosque in central al- Mazraa neighborhood in Damascus while al-Bouti was lecturing. The blast also left over 80 others injured.  Full story

The coffin of Muslim cleric Mohamed Saeed al-Bouti is carried during his funeral at the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, March 23, 2013. The suicide bomb attack in a mosque in Damascus has killed some 50 people on March 21, including prominent cleric Mohammad Saed Ramadan al-Bouti. (Xinhua/Zhang Naijie)