Bomb attack hits police bus in southern Turkey

Police official, four bystanders slightly injured


Agencies September 25, 2019
Representational image. PHOTO: REUTERS

A bomb attack hit a bus carrying police in the southern Turkish province of Adana on Wednesday morning and some people were wounded, security sources said.

CNN Turk broadcast video of a badly damaged bus surrounded by debris and other damaged vehicles under a pedestrian overpass in the area of Yuregir in Adana.

The sources said ambulances took the wounded to hospitals in the area. Armed police sealed off the area and were examining the scene. It was not clear who might be behind the attack.

According to Anadolu Agency, Adana Governor Mahmut Demirtas said a police official and four bystanders were slightly injured by a bomb that targeted a bus carrying police personnel.

Demirtas said that either an improvised explosive device or a different kind of bomb may have been used in the attack in the central Yuregir district.

(With additional input from Reuters.)

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.

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