Car explosion hits downtown Qamishli
"A car containing a sticky bomb detonated exactly at 1:47 PM today Monday afternoon, July 17, near the General Headquarters of Asayish Forces in Qamishli city. The damage was solely material, without registering any human losses," according to a statement from the Internal Security Forces media centre.
However, earlier reports allege that the explosion caused both material damage and human casualties.
Hawar News, media close to the ruling Kurdish authority in Rojava, reported that the bomb detonated at 1:30 PM, on the north side of the Sony Roundabout, in the centre of Qamishli.
"Some people" were injured, and surrounding properties were "severely" damaged. A mine was also diffused near the area of the explosion, the outlet added.
State news agency SANA reported that there were dead and injured civilians due to the bombing in the Qaddour Bek residential neighborhood in Qamishli, without providing details.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor, reported that a van driven by a suicide bomber attempted to break into the General Headquarters of the Asayesh (security) Forces in the Sony Roundabout in Qamishli.
The van, failing to break into the headquarters, was detonated outside, injuring 7 civilians including women and children.
Qamishli is under the control of the local Kurdish led administration, and is considered the capital of the self-declared autonomous NES region.
Two women were wounded by an explosion in Qamishli in January of this year, when a car ran into an improvised explosion device (IED).
According to the SOHR, the IED was thrown into the area by unknown gunmen near a position of the regime forces.