Three simultaneous bombings killed at least six civilians in the city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Monday, local sources and a Britain-based monitor said.
There was no immediate claim for the bombings, but they occurred shortly after the Daesh group said it was responsible for killing a priest on the same day from the same city.Firefighters tried to put out the flames caused by the explosions, as rescue workers carried away the victims.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, which relies on sources inside Syria, said two car bombs and an explosives-rigged motorcycle blew up in a market and near a school in the city.In Qamishli, an AFP correspondent saw charred cars and smoke rise from the site of the blasts.More than 20 people were wounded in the simultaneous attacks, said the Britain-based monitor said.
Months of attacks
Northern Syria has been hit by explosions that have killed and wounded scores of people over the past months.Regime-run news agency SANA, which has reporters in the town, said the explosions were triggered by car bombs. It said two blasts went off in a commercial street while the third exploded near a hotel.Qamishli doesn't fall under the 32 km-deep, 120 km-long border area designated as a safe zone by Turkey, and no clashes are expected there.
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