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Reports: 3 dead in suicide attack on Turkish ruling party offices
Oct 29, 2011, 12:35 GMT
Ankara - A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the local offices of the ruling Justice and Development Party in the eastern Turkish city of Bingol Saturday, killing three people and wounding 20 others, Turkish media reported.
The bomber detonated his explosives in Youth Street in a busy shopping area of the eastern Anatolia city, about 250 kilometres west of the epicentre of the earthquake that killed 582 people October 23.
Pictures broadcast on Turkish broadcaster NTV showed heavy damage to a pharmacy and toy shop. The building bore a sign reading 'provincial offices of the AK Party' on the upper floors.
Interior Minister Naim Shahin issued a statement saying there had been a bombing, causing one death and 10 injuries, and that the wounded had been taken to hospital. However, broadcasters continued to report the higher toll of dead and injured.
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