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| Diyarbakir explosion: 14 injured in blast near bus station in southern Turkey city | |
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| A large explosion has gone off near a bus station in the southern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, with ambulances on the scene and reports of "many casualties" in Turkish media. | A large explosion has gone off near a bus station in the southern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, with ambulances on the scene and reports of "many casualties" in Turkish media. |
| According to Reuters, 14 people, including police and civilians, were wounded in a car bomb attack on a minibus carrying police special forces, a security source said. | |
| Diyarbakir is the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast and has been hit by waves of violence in fighting between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the government. | |
| Turkey's security forces are engaged in an operation against Kurdish rebels from the PKK in the region. | |
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