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Car explodes at Turkey checkpoint Car explodes at Turkey checkpoint
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A suspected suicide bomber has detonated a car packed with explosives in southern Turkey, reports say.A suspected suicide bomber has detonated a car packed with explosives in southern Turkey, reports say.
At least six policemen were injured during the blast at a motorway checkpoint near the city of Mersin, according to CNN Turk.At least six policemen were injured during the blast at a motorway checkpoint near the city of Mersin, according to CNN Turk.
Unconfirmed reports suggest a second man in the car was also killed during the incident. Television footage showed images of firefighters trying to extinguish flames at the scene of the incident.
Television footage showed images of fire-fighters trying to extinguish flames at the scene of the incident. Reports said police had been tipped off about the car when they stopped it some 10km (six miles) from the port city.
Reports suggested that the car was being followed by the police who had been tipped off. Police have confirmed an explosion took place, causing casualties. "We are considering the possibility of a suicide bomber," Mersin Governor Huseyin Aksoy said, Anatolia news agency reports.
Police have confirmed an explosion took place, causing casualties but provided no more details. Earlier reports from CNN Turk had suggested that two men may have been killed in the blast.
It was not immediately clear who might be behind the attack, though Islamist militants, Kurdish and leftist guerrillas have all carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past.It was not immediately clear who might be behind the attack, though Islamist militants, Kurdish and leftist guerrillas have all carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past.
CNN-Turk television says a suicide
bomber has detonated explosives inside a car when stopped
by police, killing two suspected militants and wounding six
policemen.
The private station says police stopped the car Tuesday on
a highway on the outskirts of the southern city of Mersin.
TV footage shows firefighters trying to extinguish flames
at the scene.
The report says police had been following the car after a
tip. Police have confirmed the explosion, saying there were
casualties.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.
Kurdish, Islamic and leftist militants are active in
Turkey.