A suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Aleppo, killing one person and wounding two members of the security forces, a Syrian government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“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 told 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 reported, citing a security source.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Terrorism targeted in US, leading to life sentence
The US Justice Department recently sentenced an al-Shabaab-linked terrorist to two life sentences in prison for multiple crimes, including "conspiring to murder US nationals, commit aircraft piracy, destroy aircraft, and commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries."
Cholo Abdi Abdullah, a Kenyan national, who was also convicted for conspiring and successfully providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, admitted to the FBI that he was planning to take a knife on board an airplane, hijack it, and carry out an attack inspired by al-Qaeda's 9/11 attacks on US soil.
As part of his interrogation following his arrest, Abdullah admitted to the FBI that he researched transit visas that would permit him to enter the US, as well as how to hijack an airplane, adding that he expected to die during the attack.
James Genn contributed to this report.