ISIS claims responsibility for suicide attack that killed 22 in Homs, Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State said it was responsible for a suicide attack in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs on Tuesday that killed several people.

The Islamist militant group said in an online statement that one of its fighters had driven a car loaded with explosives to a security checkpoint in the Zahraa neighborhood and blown himself up, killing at least 30 people.

Syrian state media said the attack had killed 22 people and wounded more than 100.

The governor of Homs said the initial attack was a car bomb that had targeted a security checkpoint. A suicide bomber then set off an explosive belt, state media reported.