Bomb Attack Targeting Soldiers Kills 13 in Central Turkey

  • Blast comes a week after Istanbul attack targeted police
  • Turkish premier said Saturday’s bombing is a terrorist attack
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A car bomb detonated next to a bus carrying off-duty soldiers, killing 13 people in central Turkey a week after a major attack on security forces in Istanbul.

Eight of the 13 have been identified, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a televised statement. The attack wounded 55, six of them gravely, he said.