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| Officer injured in Izmir bomb blast |
| 2009-02-06 |
| A member of the Turkish police bomb squad has sustained serious injuries when the bomb he was attempting to defuse exploded in Izmir. Police sources said that the officer was opening a suspicious package left outside a police station in the town of Aliaga near Izmir when it exploded. The officer, who is in critical condition, was rushed to a local hospital and is now on life support. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack and police have launched an investigation into the incident. Kurdish rebels, leftist militants as well as radicals have carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. |
| Posted by:Fred |