Four killed in Turkish resort blast, suicide bombing among possibilities

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ANKARA (AFP) — At least four people were killed and 14 injured when a blast -- apparently caused by a bomb -- ripped through a minibus in a resort on Turkey's Aegean coast popular with foreign tourists, officials said.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Saturday's blast in Kusadasi as a "terrorist attack" without putting the blame on a specific group, while local officials said the police were considering the possibility of a suicide bombing or a parcel bomb left in the vehicle.

The blast came after a bomb attack last week in the nearby resort of Cesme injured some 20 people.

Separatist Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility for that blast and threatened to continue attacking targets in Turkey's tourism sector, which is a vital source of...