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Bomb explodes in Izmir, injures 10

Updated on: 06 January,2017 09:17 AM IST  | 
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Turkish police shot dead two attackers and were searching for a third after a car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir on Thursday, wounding at least 10 people, state media and local officials said

Bomb explodes in Izmir, injures 10

Cars burn after the explosion in Izmir. Pic/AFP
Cars burn after the explosion in Izmir. Pic/AFP


Istanbul/Ankara: Turkish police shot dead two attackers and were searching for a third after a car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir on Thursday, wounding at least 10 people, state media and local officials said. The blast was caused by a car bomb, Izmir municipality secretary general Bugra Gokce told broadcaster CNN Turk.


A security source told Reuters police had shot dead two attackers following the blast, and the state-run Anadolu news agency said they were searching for a third. Hospital sources said ten people had been brought in wounded.


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