Qamichli (Syria) (AFP)

A policeman was killed in a car bomb attack that also injured two people Sunday in the predominantly Kurdish town of Qamichli in northeastern Syria.

"A car bomb exploded today (Sunday) in the neighborhood of Al-Arbawiya, near the industrial school, killing a member of our forces," told AFP the spokesman of the local police Kurdish Assayech, Ali al-Hassan.

"Two people were also injured, one seriously," Hassan said. The car bomb was operated "remotely", said the spokesman of Assayech.

The attack was not claimed.

According to an AFP correspondent, the car exploded at the passing of a patrol of the Kurdish local police, not far from a contingent of the Syrian army.

Firefighters are still working to extinguish an incident, according to the same source.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) confirmed the death of a member of Assayech in the blast. But he said a suicide bomber was inside the vehicle at the time of the explosion.

The official Sana agency mentioned "victims" without providing more details.

Kurdish forces control the majority of Qamichli city while Damascus regime forces control the airport and most Arab neighborhoods.

Throughout the conflict that has been tearing Syria apart since 2011, the city has been the scene of deadly attacks, including some claimed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.

In July, a car bomb attack claimed by the IS caused about ten wounded near a church in the city.

A month earlier, seven civilians, including one child, were wounded in a car bomb explosion that was driven by a suicide bomber.

As of July 2016, at least 44 people had been killed in a suicide attack by the IS group.

Kurdish forces, spearhead of the anti-IS battle in Syria, dominate the north-east of Syria, a territory representing nearly 30% of the country's surface.

The region is home to several ethnic groups, including Armenians, Arabs and Syriacs.

Triggered eight years ago after the deadly crackdown by the pro-democracy demonstrations, the war in Syria killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions.

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