Turkey: Many wounded in bomb attack

Turkish ambulances take the wounded to the hospital after a bomb exploded [İzzet Mazi/Anadolu Agency]

A bomb placed in a garbage container exploded in Turkey’s Izmir province on the Aegean coast today, wounding several people on a shuttle bus, the private Dogan News Agency said.

The local daily Sabah newspaper said the explosion took place at around 8am (05:00 GMT), adding that eight people on a shuttle bus were wounded.

According to the Dogan, the bomb was detonated as the shuttle bus was passing by Ahmet Piristina Boulevard.

Police have launched an investigation into the attack.

Turkey has been rocked by a number of bomb attacks in recent years with thousands losing their lives. The separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which the Turkish government, the US and EU list as a terrorist group, has been behind a number of the assaults.

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