Souq Wadi Barada Car Bomb Incident

On October 25, 2013, dozens of civilians were killed when a car bomb detonated at a mosque in a rebel-held town of Wadi al-Barada. Rebels blamed government forces, the government blamed careless rebels who were preparing it at the mosque for use elsewhere when it went off. The final death toll was initially at least 44, with dozens more injured, reports it was nearly 200 dead, and 139 victims were eventually listed with details (see below).

The VDC victim breakdown is interesting: 131 men, 7 boys, a single woman. Early reports had 45 dead, including 7 children and a woman. All those who died of injuries later - nearly 100 - were men. 55 of those couldn't be identified for some reason. Perhaps women weren't allowed in the mosque at the same time men were? Otherwise, this amazingly lopsided gender distribution, almost exactly the same as in the Khalidiya Massacre, suggests segregated hostages of the rebels were the true victims.

Strangely, one man (Abde al-Lateef Snobar) who died right away on the 25th is said to have coincidentally died from wounds sustained a month earlier in another Friday mosque car bombing nearby. See talk page section, Perp Investigation, pt. 1.

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SOHR
Facebook, Oct. 25:
 * Reef Dimashq: 40 people, including 7 children, were documented as killed by the car bomb that went off after the Friday prayers in the village of al-Souq, Barada valley. The number of dead is likely to rise because there are tens of badly injured. Reports from the village warn that the number of dead might exceed 100.

Oct. 26:
 * At least 45 civilians, including 7 children and 1 woman, were killed by a detonated car explosion after the friday prayers in the al-Souq village in Wadi Barada. 
 * Sources from the al-Souq village in Wadi Barada reported that the number of casualties by the detonated car explosion yesterday might reach more than 100 because there are dozens of injuries, a lot of which are in a critical state. 
 * Sources from the al-Souq village in Wadi Barada reported that the number of casualties by the detonated car explosion yesterday might reach more than 100 because there are dozens of injuries, a lot of which are in a critical state. 

VDC
The Syrian Center for Documentation of Violations (VDC) database shows: All martyrs killed by "explosion" in Damascus suburbs, Oct. 25. When ACLOS first checked, it was 44, then 45. Sometime later. (one entry - Snobar, see talk page - is said to have died from prior injuries, not the day's bombing). Later, there were 139 victims. Notes for each say: "Dozens of civilians were killed as a result of a car bomb explosion in front of the "Osama bin Zaid" mosque, in Wadi Barada main market, after the "Friday prayers"‬," and the two videos below are linked.

Breakdown of the dead: no girls, one woman, 7 boys, and 131 adult males. The list is all civilian but for one FSA rebel.] The first entry seems to be 107 Unidentified, the only one (initially) they didn't come up with an ID for. Among the later additions are a set of 55 unidentified men.

Videos

 * بعض الشهدا جراء انفجار سيارة في سوق وادي بردى
 * 20131025_133755.mp4