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Turkey car bomb toll doubles to 18 dead: PM

PTI / Updated: Oct 09, 2016, 18:42 IST
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A total of 18 people were killed in a car bomb in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, among them eight civilians, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Earlier reports put the toll at nine dead. Another 26 people, 10 soldiers and 16 civilians, were injured in the blast.
Turkey car bomb toll doubles to 18 dead: PM
The attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber. (Reuters photo)
ISTANBUL: A total of 18 people were killed in a car bomb in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, among them eight civilians, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said."The attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber who detonated a van with five tons of explosives," Yildirim told a press conference in Istanbul. Earlier reports put the toll at nine dead.Another 26 people, 10 soldiers and 16 civilians, were injured in the blast in Hakkari province which was blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the official news agency Anadolu said.

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