Bombing attack targets police HQ in Turkey’s Gaziantep

Published May 1st, 2016 - 07:20 GMT
A photo of the aftermath in Turkey's Gaziantep is trending on social media. (Twitter/Anadolu Agency)
A photo of the aftermath in Turkey's Gaziantep is trending on social media. (Twitter/Anadolu Agency)

A car bomb attack has left one police officer dead and several others were wounded on Sunday in front of a police headquarters in Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep, security sources reported.

Footage from CNN Turk broadcaster showed pieces of a destroyed vehicle and several emergency services including ambulances and fire brigade trucks present at the scene of the blast, which it said was felt from kilometers away, while windows in nearby buildings were shattered.

 

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