'Motorbike bomb' blast targets Kurdish security in Rojava
QAMISHLO, Syrian Kurdistan (Kurdistan24) - At least three security elements were wounded in a blast that targeted a military convoy in Syria's mainly Kurdish northeastern city of Qamishlo on Monday.
Kurdistan24 initially learned that the explosion occurred in a square in the eastern Kurdish-held area of the city when a parked motorbike laden with explosives was detonated by remote control as a vehicle carrying Kurdish military staff passed.
The targeted staff belongs to TEV-DEM council, the PYD-led ruling council of Syria's northern and northeastern Kurdish-controlled areas known as Rojava.
The Kurdistan24 team in Qamishlo reported from the explosion site that the wounded were transported to Martyr Khabat Hospital, where the hospital administration said that one of the wounded was in a critical condition and succumbed to his injuries.
"The motorbike was parked in the explosion site about 2 hours before the blast," a witness nearby the explosion area spoke to Kurdistan24 on condition of anonymity.
Additionally, the command of the Syrian Kurdish Security forces (known as Asayish) said in a statement that the blast "occurred at about 12.50 [Qamishlo local time]."
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the explosion; however, a Kurdish security element said Islamic State (IS) is suspected to be behind it.
On Sunday, a similar 'motorbike bomb' blast targeting a YPG convoy in the country's northeastern city of Hasaka injured several people.
The city of Qamishlo has witnessed several terror attacks and explosions over the past three years after the withdrawal of the Syrian army from the country's northeast in July 2012.
On July 27, a truck bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State (IS) took the lives of nearly 50 people and wounded about 150 others in Qamishlo.
The blast was the deadliest of its kind in the city in years.
Editing by Ava Homa
(Additional reporting by Kurdistan24 correspondents Dilovan Chato and Heybar Othman from Qamishlo)
