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Casualties reported after bus blast outside Turkish university Casualties reported after bus blast outside Turkish university
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Several people were wounded when a bus was hit by an explosion outside a university in the Turkish city of Kayseri. Fatalities have been reported and ambulances have been dispatched to the scene, Reuters reported, citing a security source. An explosion has hit a bus outside a university in the Turkish city of Kayseri. Several people have been killed and injured, and ambulances have been dispatched to the scene, Reuters reports, citing hospital and security sources.
There are no precise figures on casualties so far.There are no precise figures on casualties so far.
There has been no official statement as to what caused the blast, but a witness cited by Haberturk claimed that a car near the bus exploded. There were soldiers on the bus dressed as civilian, according to Milliyet newspaper. There has been no official statement as to what caused the blast, but a witness cited by Haberturk claimed that a car near the bus exploded.
Turkish NTV broadcaster reports the bus was carrying civilians and off-duty soldiers.
The Prime Minister’s office has been informed of the blast, and Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council has issued a provisional publication ban on the explosion in Kayseri, NTV reports.
Saturday’s explosion comes only a week after a twin bombing outside an Istanbul soccer stadium killed over 40 people and wounded more than 100. That attack was claimed by Kurdish militants.
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