Updated: January 16, 2013, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Aleppo University bombings
epa03537452 A handout photo made available by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows damage at the site of explosion at the Information Engineering College, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, 15 January 2013. Media reports state that at least 15 people were killed in the blast at Aleppo University. EPA/SANA/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES *** Local Caption *** 03537452.jpg
A Free Syrian Army fighter displays a damaged ordinance in Aleppo today. Two explosions struck the main university in the northern Syrian city, causing dozens of deaths, state media and anti-government activists said. Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo
"So far there are 82 fatalities and more than 160 wounded in a terrorist attack that targeted students on their first day of exams at the University of Aleppo," the Aleppo Governor Mohammed Wahid Akkad told AFP by telephone. AP / SANA
Free Syrian Army fighters fire a rocket during clashes with government forces in Aleppo. Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo
As well as students, the university campus houses some 30,000 people who have fled parts of the city ravaged by fighting since rebels seized many neighbourhoods last July. AP Photo / Sana
Nationwide, at least 152 people were killed yesterday, according to the Local Coordination Committees, a grassroots activists' network. The figures could not be independently verified. Andoni Lubaki / AP Photo
A boy carries a weapon as he stands next to Free Syrian Army Fighters in front of gravestones in Aleppo. Muzaffar Salman / Reuters