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| Scene moments after the bus was hit by an explosion in Kayseri |
Thirteen soldiers were killed and 48 were wounded in a car bomb attack on a bus transporting off-duty personnel in the Turkish city of Kayseri on Saturday, the military said in a statement.
The wounded were transported to hospital for care, it said. Civilians may have also been injured in the attack, it said.
A bus transporting off-duty soldiers and civilians was hit by an explosion near a university in the central Turkish city of Kayseri.
The blast occurred as the bus passed by a car believed to be packed with explosives, Turkeyโs Dogan news agency said.
It happened near a bus stop at the campus of Erciyes University in Kayseri, broadcaster NTV reported.
On Dec. 10 a twin bombing claimed by Kurdish militants outside an Istanbul soccer stadium killed more than 40 people and wounded more than 100.
Turkey faces multiple security threats including spillover from the fight against Islamic State in northern Syria, where it is a member of a U.S.-led coalition against the militant group.
It also faces regular attacks from Kurdish militants, who have been waging a three-decade insurgency for autonomy in largely Kurdish southeast Turkey.
