A suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people and injured 63 of the 350 congregants after opening fire and then self-detonating at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria on Sunday.

State media says a suicide bomber in Syria attacked a church filled with people near Damascus, the capital, killing at least 22 people and wounding 63.

The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria has risen to 25, state media say. The Health Ministry said Monday that 63 others were wounded, SANA reported. The attack on Sunday on