Two blasts in Turkish city kill one, injure four

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

ANKARA (AFP) — Two blasts several hours apart killed one person and injured four others in the western Turkish city of Izmir, media reports said Tuesday.

The second blast, which left one dead and two wounded, was caused by a bomb hurled onto the pavement by a motorcyclist, the NTV news channel quoted witnesses as saying.

Television footage showed a covered body lying on a street littered with pieces of glass.

The explosion occurred outside a carpet shop that caught fire, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Hours earlier, a bomb hidden inside a bag exploded outside a shopping mall in the same neighborhood of Sirinyer, injuring two street cleaners.

A witness said the explosion took place as the cleaner dragged the container away from a bus stop...