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| Bomb explodes at Turkish ruling party building |
| 2006-07-05 |
| ISTANBUL - A small bomb exploded in a building used by the ruling Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Istanbul on Tuesday but there were no casualties, a local party official told Reuters. The bomb, placed in the corridor of the AKP office in IstanbulÂ’s Kartal district on the Asian side of the city, caused little damage, Cemil Dayinlarli said. Dayinlarli, who heads the Kartal office, declined to comment on who might be behind the blast and said the party had received no threats. Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants have all carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. Bomb disposal experts said the device was a pipe bomb placed in a rubbish bin outside the office on the third floor of the building, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. It said the blast occurred at 8:50 am (0550 GMT) and nobody was in the office at the time. |
| Posted by:Steve White |