A car bomb exploded in the Abu Fas area located in south-west Al-Shaddadi in rural Al-Hasakah, in the midst of an assembly of displaced civilians from Deir ez-Zor.
The explosion led to the death of 9 people and the injury of 43 others.
The journalist Dilishan Ibish is amongst the victims. Additionally, reporters Hogir Mihemed and Rizgar Deniz were wounded. The three reporters worked for ‘Hawar News Agency’ and had been preparing news reports when the explosion happened.