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Police officer killed in car bomb attack in Turkey's Gaziantep - sources

Published: 01 May 2016 - 09:59 am | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 07:37 pm
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Smoke from the blast in Gaziantep. Image from Twitter

ISTANBUL: One police officer was killed and 13 people were wounded on Sunday in an attack in front of a police headquarters in Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep, the provincial governor was quoted by broadcaster CNN Turk as saying.

Nine of the wounded were police officers, Ali Yerlikaya, governor of Gaziantep province, which borders Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria, said, according to CNN Turk. 

Reuters