One security force member killed, 2 wounded in Aleppo suicide attack, Syria says

A suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Aleppo, killing one person and wounding two members of the security forces, a Syrian government spokesperson says.

“The person who detonated an explosive belt within the patrol in Aleppo is believed to have an ideological or organizational background linked to Islamic State,” Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba tells state-owned news agency Al Ekhbariya, adding that investigations were ongoing to determine the attacker’s identity.

The attacker detonated himself while being searched by the patrol after arousing suspicion, Ekhbariya TV reports, citing a security source.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Earlier this month, two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead.