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12 wounded in bomb attack on police vehicle in southern Turkey

October 17, 2017 at 4:05 pm

Turkish gendarmeries stand guard in front of the Silivri Penitentiaries Campus during the first trial of 29 defendant policemen, in Istanbul, Turkey on December 27, 2016. ( İslam Yakut – Anadolu Agency )

Twelve people were wounded in a bomb attack on a police vehicle in Turkey’s southern Mersin province today, Turkish broadcaster NTV said.

Ambulances and police were dispatched to the scene of blast in central Yenisehir district, Chief Public Prosecutor Mustafa Ercan told Anadolu Agency.

The wounded were taken to various hospitals in the city, he said, adding an investigation had been launched into the incident.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Police vehicles, including transport buses, are frequent targets for Kurdish militants.

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Mersin is a port city in southern Turkey on the Mediterranean coast. The province, which lies along the Syria-Turkey border, has one of the highest populations of Syrians in Turkey.

Turkey has experienced a string of recent terrorist attacks — including inside Istanbul, the country’s commercial capital – over the years.