An Acre resident was lightly wounded Monday after his car exploded while he was driving through central Acre.

The victim and five passersby suffering from shock were taken by paramedics to a Nahariya hospital.

Police suspect there may be a criminal background to the incident and are attempting to determine whether the explosives were affixed to the car by suspects seeking to harm the driver, or if the driver himself was transporting the explosives knowingly when they detonated.