10 dead in car bombing at north Syria checkpoint

BEIRUT, Lebanon: 10 people including at least four fighters were killed on Wednesday when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a checkpoint in Syria´s Turkish-controlled northern city of Azaz, a war monitor said.

An AFP correspondent in the area said a booby-trapped truck had detonated at a checkpoint inside the city. “10 people have been killed including at least four” Turkish-backed fighters, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The attack was the result of “a booby-trapped truck that exploded at the Shatt checkpoint manned by the (Turkish-backed) military police in the city of Azaz,” said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria.

A medical source at the Azaz hospital told AFP nine people had been killed, including five fighters and four civilians, also reporting about 20 wounded.