Thursday, November 1, 2012

Car explodes outside barracks in Turkey's Iskenderun: report
A car exploded outside a military barracks in the Turkish port town of Iskenderun on Thursday, injuring four people, in what a local news agency said was a bomb attack.The Dogan news agency said the car, which was packed with explosives, blew up 150 meters from the entrance to the barracks shortly before a military vehicle had been due to pass and that the blast injured at least three passengers in a civilian car."There was an explosion and we can confirm four people are slightly injured. The cause is still under investigation," Ragip Kilic, police chief in Hatay province, told Reuters.Iskenderun lies on the Mediterranean coast in Hatay, which also bordersSyria. The Turkish military has dispatched troops and equipment from the town to help secure the border in recent months as the conflict in Syria deepens.
[ed notes:also see... PKK supporters storm university, school in southeast Turkey

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