IS bomb in Kurdish town in Syria kills 11

August 19, 2015 04:11 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:00 pm IST - BEIRUT:

Syrian activists have said an Islamic State suicide bomber has targeted a predominantly Kurdish town in north-eastern Syria, killing at least 11 people.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday’s explosion happened outside a local Kurdish police station in the town of Qamishli. It also said more than 40 people were wounded.

Syria’s state news agency SANA reported the explosion, saying it killed 13 and wounded about 50.

The Islamic State group has been fighting Kurdish fighters in Syria since last year and the extremists have carried out dozens of suicide attacks against the Kurds. The Kurdish fighters, aided by U.S.-led air strikes, have also captured significant territory from the IS in northern Syria.

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