Car bomb kills 5, injures 68 in Turkey

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Car bomb kills 5, injures 68 in Turkey

By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

ANKARA, Turkey - A car bomb targeting soldiers killed five people and wounded 68 others — including 30 soldiers — Thursday in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, officials said.


A bus transporting troops was passing by a five-star hotel when suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled car bomb, authorities said. Two high school students who emerged from a building where they were taking preparatory courses for university exams and three other civilians were killed.

"A bomb left in a car ... was set off with a remote control. It was a very strong one. It was targeting a military service bus," Gov. Huseyin Avni Mutlu said.
............There have been two explosions in Turkey's commercial center, Istanbul, over the past two weeks, killing one and injuring nine. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler blamed Kurdish rebels...............

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