At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after a car bomb exploded near the Grand Mosque in the northern Syria town of Al Bab, Anadolu Agency reported.
A number of civilians were killed, and many others were wounded by an unknown explosion in #Albab cıty's neighborhood in #Aleppo countryside. @SyriaCivilDefe teams are working to help the wounded, and extinguish the fire caused by the explosion. pic.twitter.com/gM37Pr6TKN
— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) April 7, 2018
Some of the injured are in a critical condition, Ammar Selmo, head of the Syrian Civil Defense in Al Bab, told Anadolu, raising fears the death toll may rise.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
#Breaking:
8 killed in Turkey controlled city of al Bab car bomb blast, Turkish state tv TRT reports. Casualties may increase, the report continues. The White Helmets in the scene. pic.twitter.com/HL75GjC1Hf— Ahval (@ahval_en) April 7, 2018
Al-Bab, which lies between SDF-held Manbij and government-held Aleppo city, was captured from Islamic State in February 2017 by Turkish forces and allied Free Syrian Army fighters during Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield.
In a similar incident on March 6, one person was killed and five others wounded after a vehicle exploded in Al Bab town centre, Anadolu reported.
#BREAKING – #Syria: Huge #Explosion hit #AlBab city in the countryside of #Aleppo, Casualties reported and reason remains unknown 7-4-2018
Full HD: https://t.co/a9nikNRrLD pic.twitter.com/j5xAo2rDZe— Qasioun News Agency (@QASIOUN_NEWS) April 7, 2018
