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Suicide bomber targets policemen in Turkey
At least nine police officers were injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in his car in the southern Turkish province of Mersin on Tuesday,Turkish broadcasters reported.
- Agencies
- Published: 18:09 August 19, 2008
Istanbul: At least nine police officers were injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in his car in the southern Turkish province of Mersin on Tuesday,Turkish broadcasters reported.
Television footage showed firemen extinguishing smoking remains of the vehicle on a motorway, some 10 km from the major port city of Mersin on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
According to CNN Turk, the man detonated the bomb following a police chase at a checkpoint.
NTV quoted the Mersin governor as saying one person was killed and nine officers were wounded in the attack.
Police were not immediately available to comment.
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