Amaq, a news agency affiliated with ISIS, reported that the extremist group had claimed the attack, which it said targeted on Wednesday “the headquarters of the Kurdish units in the city of Qamishli .” It also claimed more than 100 people had been killed.
A massive car bomb on Wednesday struck the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, killing at least 44 people and wounding hundreds in what was seen as a vengeance attack by ISIS.
Carried aboard a large truck, the bomb detonated a little after 9 a.m. near a center for the Asayesh, the local Kurdish police, as well as several buildings, according to a Kurdish regional administrator in Qamishli.
Kurdish activists said the blast destroyed 30 stores and at least 15 homes in an area that is also a vibrant residential and commercial district.
Shrapnel from the blast struck a fuel tank more than 400 feet away, triggering a second explosion that initially was mistaken for another suicide bomb attack.
The attacked centre belongs to the Kurdish forces which are leading the battles against ISIS. Many abuses were committed against Syrian civilians in the ISIS-controlled areas. The US-led coalition provides these Kurdish forces with air cover to launch their offensive on the Arabs’ territories, according to Syrian activists.
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