A car bomb targeted a marketplace in the village of Bab Limon in the vicinity of Ra'i city of Al-Ra'i, northeast of Aleppo, on Monday afternoon.

The correspondent of the network "Nedaa Syria" reported that a violent explosion hit a group of shops dedicated to the sale of fuel in the center of the village, and later found that caused by a car bomb detonated remotely by unknown person.

Eight people were killed and several wounded in the explosion, police said. Police arrested a number of suspects for questioning after they tried to leave the village immediately after the blast.

It is noteworthy that a car bomb exploded today near the building of the Local Council in the town of Akhtarin, northern countryside of Aleppo, killing two people and wounding about 25 persons.