Ankara: One person was killed in an explosion outside a military police headquarters near the southern Turkish city of Antalya.
Two others were also wounded in the blast in the Kemer district of the resort city on Friday. The blast also damaged several cars and smashed windows of nearby buildings.
While some reports suggest a bomber triggered the explosion, Deputy Governor Recep Yuksel told the state-run Anatolia news agency that the cause of the blast remained unclear, adding that it happened far from any tourist area.
The blast came nearly ten days after a car bombing near a school in Ankara killed three people and wounded 34 others.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the Friday attack, but the finger of blame has been pointed at the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a terrorist group known to be an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Last month, the TAK threatened attacks targeting civilians and tourists in response to recent military strikes targeting the PKK.
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