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| Turkey explosion: Gaziantep police station blast kills at least one person in south of country | |
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| At least one person has been killed and another 13 have been wounded in a car bomb attack outside the main police station in Gaziantep on the southern Turkey-Syrian border, according to the provincial governor. | At least one person has been killed and another 13 have been wounded in a car bomb attack outside the main police station in Gaziantep on the southern Turkey-Syrian border, according to the provincial governor. |
| The blast hit the station at around 9:30am local time (6:30am UK time). | The blast hit the station at around 9:30am local time (6:30am UK time). |
| The governor of Gaziantep province, Ali Yerlikaya, said the explosion wounded at least nine police officers and could be heard several kiometres away, CNN reports. | |
| Footage released by the broadcaster shows pieces of a wrecked car near the station gates and several ambulances and fire brigade trucks are at the scene. | |
| Unconfirmed reports say gunfire was hard after the explosions. | |
| Turkey has been rocketed by increasing violence by both Islamist and nationalist militants. | |
| In the past year, more than 200 people across the country have been killed in seven suicide attacks including an attack this week in the city of Busra, northwest Turkey, which killed the bomber and wounded 13 people. | |
| In 2016, there have been at least two deadly suicide attacks in Istanbul by Isis and two more bombings by the separatist PKK against the capital Ankara. | |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |
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