A car exploded in the northern Syrian city of Manbij late Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the alleged attack, according to the Asayîş internal security forces and the Manbij military council. The vehicle burned ablaze in front of a residential building.

The detonation was apparently triggered by an explosive device that had been attached under the SUV. The bomb exploded at around 5pm not far from the Sheikh Aqeel cemetery in the south of the city, near a gas station. Luckily, no one got hurt. There is no information about the owners of the vehicle.

Security forces have launched investigations into whether the Islamic State might have organized the attack. The crime pattern points to sleeper cells of the jihadist militia, the security forces said.