Car bomb injures 11 in Turkey

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

ANKARA (AFP) — Eleven policemen and soldiers were injured in a powerful car bomb blast Thursday in the western Turkish city of Izmir, officials and media reports said.

The car, parked on the side of a road, exploded at around 7:45 am (0445 GMT) just as two minibuses, one carrying soldiers and the other transporting policemen, approached near.

"The explosion occurred in a vacant car left at the blast scene. We believe the blast was the result of plastic explosives set off by remote control," Izmir governor Cahit Kirac was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying.

He added that the blast had injured eight policemen and three soldiers. Earlier reports had put the casualty toll at 13 injured, including three civilians.

One of the policemen was...