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| Turkey explosion: Blast heard near government building in Kurdish-dominated Derik | Turkey explosion: Blast heard near government building in Kurdish-dominated Derik |
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| An explosion has been heard near a government in building in a Kurdish-dominated town in southern Turkey, local media reported. | An explosion has been heard near a government in building in a Kurdish-dominated town in southern Turkey, local media reported. |
| The Dogan news agency said several ambulances had rushed to the scene but it is currently unknown whether they are any casualties. | The Dogan news agency said several ambulances had rushed to the scene but it is currently unknown whether they are any casualties. |
| The Hurriyet news website said the blast, in the Mardin district of Derik, was caused by a bomb. NTV reported that some people were wounded, with the district governor, Fatih Safiturk slightly hurt. | |
| Turkey's Ihlas news agency said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were responsible for the blasts as part of a renewed insurgency following the decline in relations with the Turkish government last year. | |
| There has been no immediate confirmation of the cause of the blast. | |
| The PKK have carried multiple terror attacks across Turkey over the past year as the situation has deteriorated in which thousands of militants, security force members and civilians have been killed. | |
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