Fifteen people, including 14 women, have been killed in a car bomb attack on a vehicle transporting agricultural workers in northern Syria on Monday.

Another 15 women were wounded by the blast on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, east of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported, citing the civil defense.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Deadly Car Bombing in Manbij Kills 15

The attack, which occurred on Monday, involved a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), according to Syria’s Civil Defense.

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The explosion is the second in three days. On Saturday, four civilians were killed and nine more were injured in another car bomb attack in Manbij.

The city lies in the Aleppo countryside, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the Turkish border, with the Euphrates river to the east.

In the last weeks, Manbij has been the scene of fighting between the Kurdish US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed fighters.

Source: Agencies