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| 'Three dead' in Turkish car blast | |
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| A car bomb has exploded in the Kurdish-dominated city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey, killing three and injuring at least 30, sources say. | |
| It targeted a military vehicle as it passed through the centre, reports say. | It targeted a military vehicle as it passed through the centre, reports say. |
| Turkish TV showed several vehicles engulfed in flames as emergency vehicles rushed to the scene. | Turkish TV showed several vehicles engulfed in flames as emergency vehicles rushed to the scene. |
| Police said they suspected Kurdish militants of carrying out the attack. Diyarbakir is the biggest city in the mainly Kurdish south-east. | Police said they suspected Kurdish militants of carrying out the attack. Diyarbakir is the biggest city in the mainly Kurdish south-east. |
| Turkish troops who are fighting PKK Kurdish rebels both inside Turkey and in nearby northern Iraq are based in the area. | Turkish troops who are fighting PKK Kurdish rebels both inside Turkey and in nearby northern Iraq are based in the area. |
| Last week, Turkish warplanes launched strikes on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq. | Last week, Turkish warplanes launched strikes on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq. |
| There have been a number of explosions in Diyarbakir in the past, the most recent of which was caused by a bomb at a bus stop in 2006 and an unexploded bomb was found two years ago near the location of Thursday's blast. | |
| Huge blaze | |
| The explosion happened during rush hour in an area close to a military residential complex and a helicopter base, reports say. | |
| A correspondent for the BBC Turkish Service who was only about 70 metres away from the blast said there was an enormous explosion, which caused a number of vehicles to catch fire and windows to shatter. | |
| He said he saw two or three people lying unconscious on the ground. | |
| Some soldiers were said to be amongst the injured. | |
| Turkish television has been carrying pictures of the huge blaze caused by the blast, which it says could be heard 3km (2 miles) away. |