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At least seven people have been killed in an explosion in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, in the mainly-Kurdish south east of the country, officials say. A bomb attack has killed seven people and injured at least 17 in Diyarbakir, in Turkey's mainly-Kurdish south-east, local officials say.
At least five of the dead are reported to be children. Authorities said the blast, which occurred at a park in the poor Baglar area of the city, was probably detonated using a mobile phone timer.
Some 17 people were injured in the blast, which occurred at a park in the city's Baglar district. At least five of the dead were reported to be children.
"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. The blast came as a US envoy arrived in Turkey for talks on curbing a wave of bombs blamed on Kurdish separatists.
Officials in the local governor's office said the explosion was caused by a bomb set off by a mobile phone timer, the Associated Press news agency reported. Bomb attacks in tourist resorts and other cities in recent weeks have killed a total of 12 people and wounded dozens.
As rescue workers converged on the scene, police cordoned off the site and launched an investigation.
Diyarbakir, the central city of the south-east, is a heartland of Kurdish separatist militancy.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford, in Istanbul, describes Baglar as a poor area of the city, where most residents are Kurdish migrants.
The district mayor is from the Kurdish DTP political party, she adds, which recently called on the Kurdish separatist group the PKK to announce a ceasefire following an upsurge in violence in recent weeks.
String of bombs
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.
One separatist militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Tac), has said it carried out those attacks.One separatist militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Tac), has said it carried out those attacks.
It has also warned on its website last week that it would turn "Turkey into hell". It also warned on its website last week that it would turn "Turkey into hell".
The group, which is said to be linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called on foreign tourists not to travel to the country. Shattered
The suspected bomb came shortly after a US envoy arrived in Ankara for talks on increasing US-Turkish co-operation against Kurdish rebels. The explosion happened at about 2100 local time (1800 GMT) at a park popular with locals in an area of the city largely populated by Kurdish migrants.
Retired US air force general Joseph Ralston is due to hold talks with Turkish officials on Wednesday. Windows in nearby buildings were shattered and the dead and injured lay in the streets before emergency services reached the scene.
The local governor's office said it suspected a bomb had been set off, but that investigations were continuing.
Police cordoned off the site as rescue workers converged on the scene.
Upsurge in violence
Diyarbakir, the central city of Turkey's south-east, is a heartland of Kurdish separatist militancy.
The district mayor is from the Kurdish DTP political party, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Istanbul, which recently called on the outlawed Kurdish separatist group the PKK to announce a ceasefire following an upsurge in violence in recent weeks.
The Tac group, which is said to be linked to the PKK, called on foreign tourists not to travel to the country following recent attacks.
Retired US air force General Joseph Ralston will meet Turkish officials in Ankara on Wednesday for talks on the Kurdish issue.