Five people were killed and more than 20 others injured, some of them in critical condition, when a car bomb exploded in the town of Salouk in the northern countryside of Raqqa on Sunday, a Syrian medical source said.

A medical source in the town of Sluk, who asked not to be named, told the German Press Agency (dpa): "We were unable to accurately count the number of dead and wounded because of their direct aid to Turkey because of the lack of medical facilities to perform surgery and provide aid. Necessary for them. "

A military source said that "the explosion took place in the main town square and resulted in deaths and injuries due to the placing of a large quantity of explosives in a truck, which was detained in the city of Raqqa and arrived today to the town of Sluk, and killed its owner, a resident of the town of Sluk.

Local residents in the town of Sluk said that the explosion was very large and led to the burning of three shops and many of them were damaged by the explosion in addition to significant damage to a number of cars.

It is the third blast in three weeks. A car bomb exploded on July 23, killing three people and injuring seven. A motorcycle exploded in front of a bakery on December 28, killing one person.