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5 injured in Istanbul car blast near military facility – reports 5 injured in Istanbul car blast near military facility – reports
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A car stuffed with explosives detonated outside a military barracks in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe district, injuring five people, according to media reports.A car stuffed with explosives detonated outside a military barracks in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe district, injuring five people, according to media reports.
The Turkish military blamed the attack on Kurdish separatists, while saying that no army personnel were affected by the explosion, which went off next to a bus stop.The Turkish military blamed the attack on Kurdish separatists, while saying that no army personnel were affected by the explosion, which went off next to a bus stop.
Turkish news agency Dogan said the blast rang out just as a vehicle carrying military personnel was speeding past, and that four men and one woman were among the casualties.
The resulting fire was extinguished by multiple fire crews, while paramedics continue to work on the site, which has been sealed off as a crowd of onlookers gathered.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW Since the escalation of the conflict with its sizeable Kurdish minority last year, there has been a spate of attacks pinned on militant Kurdish groups, including a bombing in the capital, Ankara, in March, which killed 37 people.
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