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Turkey car bomb and gun attack near courthouse in Izmir Turkey car bomb and gun attack near courthouse in Izmir
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Two attackers, a policeman and a civilian have been killed in a car bomb and gun assault on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, state media say.Two attackers, a policeman and a civilian have been killed in a car bomb and gun assault on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, state media say.
At least 10 people were reportedly wounded in the explosion. A number of people were reportedly wounded in the explosion.
Images showed two cars ablaze and the body of one man carrying a weapon. Reports say a third attacker is sought. Images showed two cars ablaze and the body of one man carrying a weapon. Reports say a third attacker is being sought.
Izmir has seen a number of arrests in connection with last weekend's Istanbul nightclub attack, but the raid on the court has not been linked so far. It is not clear who is responsible but Turkish officials say initial findings point to Kurdish rebels.
A number of those arrested in Izmir are of the Uighur ethnic group. They are believed to have come from China's Xinjiang region and have ties to the nightclub attacker, the state-run Anadolu news agency says. Some of Turkey's big cities have been targeted recently both by so-called Islamic State and by Kurdish militants.
Several families had recently travelled to Izmir from Konya, a central city where the main Istanbul suspect was said to have stayed for several weeks before the attack. Turkey launched a military operation in Syria in August to push back IS and Kurdish forces from the Turkish border.
IS had said it was behind last weekend's Istanbul nightclub attack that left 39 people dead.
Controlled explosion
Izmir's Governor Erol Ayyildiz said a car had stopped in front of the Izmir courthouse, sparking an exchange with police, after which the car bomb detonated.
The attackers were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and grenades.
Reports of the number of people injured in the explosion ranged from five to 10.
The governor said some of those injured were in a critical condition.
A second car was destroyed in a controlled explosion, he said.
No-one has yet said they carried out the attack but the governor said initial findings pointed to the involvement of Kurdish fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The PKK is fighting for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.
It has carried out many attacks on Turkish security forces, particularly in the south-east.
In August a PKK car bomb in Cizre killed 11 policemen and injured 78. Another 10 soldiers and eight civilians died in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in Durak in October.
In claiming the Istanbul nightclub attack, IS blamed Turkey's military involvement in the Syrian civil war.
At least 36 people are now in custody in connection with the attack, including many in Izmir, although the main suspect remains at large.
A number of those arrested in Izmir are from the Uighur ethnic group. They are believed to have come from China's Xinjiang region and have ties to the nightclub attacker, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.
Deputy PM Veysi Kaynak said they were closing in on the gunman, saying he was possibly an ethnic Uighur.Deputy PM Veysi Kaynak said they were closing in on the gunman, saying he was possibly an ethnic Uighur.
So-called Islamic State (IS) says it carried out the Istanbul attack over Turkey's military involvement in the Syrian civil war.
Turkey launched a military operation in Syria in August to push back IS and Kurdish forces.
Some of Turkey's big cities have since been targeted in a number of bomb attacks by IS but also by Kurdish militants.
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