Truck bomb attack kills 10 in Syria`s Homs province

Damascus: A bomb-laden truck killed at least 10 people when it exploded in a village of the central Syrian province of Homs Friday, state television said.

"The terrorist explosion in Haraqi village in Homs province was caused by a tanker truck bomb. The initial toll says 10 people were killed, and major damage was caused to houses," the television station reported. The attack comes a day before a presidential election is held in regime-held parts of the war-ravaged country, with the incumbent Bashar al-Assad expected to stay in power. Haraqi is a regime-held village. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the attack, but gave a toll of eight dead and 12 wounded. The Britain-based group also said Haraqi is home to a majority of Alawites, the religious community from which President Assad`s clan hails. Most rebel fighters in Syria`s three-year uprising are Sunni Muslims, who also make up most of the country`s overall population.