An explosive device placed inside a car in a suburb of Syria’s capital exploded Saturday evening, killing two people and wounding at least one, state TV and the Interior Ministry said.

Axar.az reports, citing The Associated Press, that the explosion took place in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana near a factory where batteries are produced, state TV said. It said two people were killed and two were wounded, without giving further details.

The Interior Ministry said the dead included a child, adding that one person was wounded. It said security forces cordoned off the area and started an investigation.