A car bomb detonated near Turkey's border with Syria on Friday, killing two Syrians and critically injuring a third inside the vehicle.

The blast occurred inside the vehicle some 2,460 feet meters from a local government office in the neighboring town of Reyhanli, according to the Anadolu Agency, adding that two additional people were also injured in the explosion. The Turkish news agency stated several ambulances and police vehicles were sent to the scene.

“It is clear that there was a bomb inside the vehicle,” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “The findings at the moment indicated that it was more linked to terrorism… Our colleagues are looking into who was behind this.”

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Erdogan did not state the number of casualties that resulted from the explosion, but Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the blast was caused by a hand-made bomb which set-off while the car was in transit.

Security and forensic officials work at the site after an explosion inside a vehicle in Reyhanli, Turkey, Friday, July 5, 2019. (DHA via AP)

In May 2013, twin car bomb attacks in Reyhanli killed 52 people, including Syrian refugees. The Turkish government blamed Syria’s intelligence agency for what was one of the deadliest attacks in their modern history.

In 2015 and 2016, Turkey was also hit by a wave of attacks blamed on ISIS and Kurdish militants that left 300 dead.

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party MPs, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, two days after Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, won the election for mayor of Istanbul. Erdogan addressed his AK Party's weekly meeting, the first time he speaks since the Istanbul mayoral election Sunday, which was a big setback for him and his party. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Turkey has been one of the largest supporters of rebels fighting against Syrian forces during their eight-year conflict. The country hosts about 3.5 million Syrian refugees.

Fox News' Morgan Cheung and the Associated Press contributed to this report.