Department of Defense identifies 3 Americans killed in Syria bombing

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida; Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon M. Kent, 35, of upstate New York; and DOD civilian Scott A. Wirtz of St. Louis, Missouri were killed Wednesday in the explosion in Manbij, Syria, according to the Department of Defense.

The fourth identity has not yet been released by the department.

All three died "as a result of wounds sustained from a suicide improvised explosive device," according to the military. The bombing is still under investigation.

CNN reported Thursday that the US initial assessment is that ISIS is responsible for the bombing.

The explosion killed the four Americans and at least 10 other people. Eight civilians and two fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in the blast, a senior commander from the Manbij military council told CNN.

The attack came less than a month after President Donald Trump announced that US troops would withdraw from Syria.

CNN's Veronica Stracqualursi contributed to this report.

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