Diyabakir Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu said on Thursday that four
people were killed and 68 others wounded, including four in serious
conditions in a blast in Diyarbakir city of southeastern
Turkey.
However, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
earlier that four people were killed and 52 others wounded,
including six in serious conditions in the blast in Diyarbakir.
Photo taken on Jan. 3,
2008, shows the area of an explosion occurred in Diyarbakir,
Turkey.
Erdogan said that Turkey's fight against terrorism will continue
with determination both on national and international
dimensions.
He noted that terrorism showed its bloody face again in
Diyarbakir, killing four citizens and wounding 52 others.
According to Turkish police sources, the explosion was a result
of a bomb attack targeting a military personnel bus in southeastern
province of Diyarbakir.
The attack was staged by a car bomb when the bus was passing
near Dedeman Hotel at Mimar Sinan Street in Diyarbakir's Yenisehir
district, the police added.
Turkey's official Anatolia News Agency reported that several
other vehicles burst into flames as the aftermath of the explosion
which also shattered glasses of the nearby shops and houses.
The injured were rushed to Diyarbakir Dicle University Medical
Faculty Hospital, Military Hospital and State Hospital for
treatment, said the report.
Turkish police cordoned off the scene for fear of a second bomb
attack, according to Anatolia.
Vehicles burn after an
explosion in Diyarbakir, south eastern Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 3,
2008.
Turkish policemen
inspect the area of an explosion in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Jan. 3,
2008.
(Xinhua News Agency January 4, 2008)
