Tens of Civilians Killed in ISIL's Car Bomb Blast in Northeastern Syria

Rasa - A large number of civilians were killed as a result of a car bomb attack near the border of Deir Ezzur and Hasaka provinces, a Syrian media outlet reported on Friday.

News ID: 433092

Date: 13 October 2017 - 23:10

RNA - Tens of civilians, including women and children fleeing ISIL violence, were killed in a suicide attack in the Abu Fas region in the Northeastern Hasaka province on Thursday, Syria's state-run news agency, SANA, reported.

SANA added that an ISIL terrorist detonated a bomb-laden car at a gathering of refugees that had fled Deir Ezzur city.

Reuters citing a medical source in the Kurdish Red Crescent reported that the death toll in the ISIL attack mounted to at least 50 people.

SANA further said that the panicked people ran to the nearby fields for fear of more blasts where hidden landmines planted by the ISIL went off, killing and injuring many others.

Some other sources reported that over 100 people that were mostly from Deir Ezzur city were killed in the attack.

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