ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with 1.5 tonnes of explosives killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens in Syria's central city of Hama on Sunday (October 20), state media reported.<br/> <br />The man blew himself up inside the vehicle on a busy road on the outskirts of the city, the SANA agency said.<br/> <br />It blamed the attack on "terrorists", the term it uses to describe rebel forces trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad.<br/> <br />The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack targeted an army checkpoint.<br/> <br />Syria's 2-1/2-year old conflict began as peaceful protests but has degenerated into civil war.<br/> <br />Rebels have been joined by hardline Islamists, some of them linked to al Qaeda, and several groups have used suicide bombs to attack military and political targets.
