A suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Aleppo, killing one person and wounding two members of the security forces, a Syrian government spokesperson said on Wednesday.

"The person who detonated an explosive belt ⁠within the patrol in Aleppo is believed to have an ideological or organizational ​background linked to Islamic State," Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba told state-owned ‍news agency Al Ekhbariya, adding that investigations were ⁠ongoing to determine the attacker's identity.

The attacker detonated himself while being searched by the patrol after arousing suspicion, Ekhbariya ⁠TV reported, ​citing a security ⁠source.

No group has claimed responsibility for the ‍attack.

Earlier this month, two U.S. Army soldiers ‌and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria by a suspected Islamic State group attacker ⁠who ​targeted a ‍convoy of U.S. and Syrian forces before being shot dead.