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Explosion rocks SE Turkish city | |
(20 minutes later) | |
At least six people have been killed in an explosion in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, in the mainly-Kurdish south east of the country. | |
Five of the dead are reported to be children. | |
At least 14 people were injured in the blast, which occurred at a park in the city's Baglar district. | |
"We suspect it was a bomb," a senior security official told AFP news agency, adding that the police had not yet reached a definite conclusion. | |
As rescue workers converged on the scene, police cordoned off the site and launched an investigation. | |
A string of bomb attacks in Turkish tourist resorts and other cities in recent weeks have killed a total of 12 people and wounded dozens. | |
Diyarbakir, the central city of the south-east, is a heartland of Kurdish separatist militancy. | Diyarbakir, the central city of the south-east, is a heartland of Kurdish separatist militancy. |