Seven people, including three children were killed in a gas blast at a restaurant in Turkey's Aydin province. According to Aydin's governor&nbsp;Huseyin Aksoy, five other people sustained injuries with one of them being in critical condition, the Associated Press reported. Aksoy said that initial testimonies from a restaurant worker suggested there was a leak in a cooking gas cannister, which caused the explosion.&nbsp;

Television images showed charred remains of the restaurants with its windows and doors blown off, news agency AFP reported.&nbsp;

Turkey's Justice Minister&nbsp;Bekir Bozdag&nbsp;tweeted his condolences and said that&nbsp;one person who is “alleged to have caused the explosion” was detained and three prosecutors were investigating the blast.

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Further details are awaited.&nbsp;

This explosion in Aydin comes more than a month after an explosion on a&nbsp;major pedestrian thoroughfare in in Istanbul killed six people and injured 81 others. The man, who had left the bomb was arrested,&nbsp;Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said adding the&nbsp;PKK terrorist organisation was responsible for the explosion.&nbsp;

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Seven people, including three children were killed in a gas blast at a restaurant in Turkey's Aydin province. According to Aydin's governor Huseyin Aksoy, five other people sustained injuries with one of them being in critical condition, the Associated Press reported.

Seven people, including three children were killed in a gas blast at a restaurant in Turkey's Aydin province. According to Aydin's governor Huseyin Aksoy, five other people sustained injuries with one of them being in critical condition, the Associated Press reported. Aksoy said that initial testimonies from a restaurant worker suggested there was a leak in a cooking gas cannister, which caused the explosion. Television images showed charred remains of the restaurants with its windows and doors blown off, news agency AFP reported. Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag tweeted his condolences and said that one person who is “alleged to have caused the explosion” was detained and three prosecutors were investigating the blast. Patlamaya sebebiyet verdiği iddia edilen kişi gözaltına alınmıştır. Rabbimiz,insanımıza ve ülkemize böylesine acı hadiseleri bir daha yaşatmasın. — Bekir Bozdağ (@bybekirbozdag) December 30, 2022 × Further details are awaited. This explosion in Aydin comes more than a month after an explosion on a major pedestrian thoroughfare in in Istanbul killed six people and injured 81 others. The man, who had left the bomb was arrested, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said adding the PKK terrorist organisation was responsible for the explosion. (With inputs from agencies)

Seven killed, five injured in blast at restaurant in Turkey's Aydin province

Two people were killed Tuesday in an explosion which shook police headquarters in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, which a minister said was an accident during repair work.

Interior minister Suleyman Soylu said no external forces had been involved in the incident in the restive majority Kurdish city which happened during repairs on armoured vehicles.

One civilian worker employed at the facility was killed in the blast, the local governor&#39;s office said in a statement. The state-run Anadolu news agency later said a second man died of his wounds in hospital.

The blast, which could be heard in several areas across the city, added to security jitters just days ahead of a key referendum expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s powers.&nbsp;

Grey smoke rose from the area as ambulances rushed to the scene, with medics saying at least five people were hurt.

&quot;There was no intervention from outside. An explosion happened during repairs to vehicles,&quot; Soylu was quoted as saying by the private NTV television.

The statement by the governor&#39;s office, however, did not specify the precise cause of the blast, though it did say it took place during repairs to an armoured vehicle. An investigation has been opened, it said.

A person who was trapped under the rubble was rescued, the Dogan news agency reported.

Images showed that the force of the blast created a large crater and caused considerable destruction to the building.

Turks will on Sunday vote on whether to approve constitutional changes giving Erdogan executive presidential powers, which critics say would drag the country into one-man rule.&nbsp;

The southeast has been battered by renewed fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces since a fragile truce collapsed in 2015.&nbsp;

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers&#39; Party (PKK) has been waging an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 during which over 40,000 people have been killed.&nbsp;

The group is designated by Ankara, the United States and the European Union as a terror group.&nbsp;

Diyarbakir city and its region have over the last year been repeatedly hit by PKK attacks targeting the security forces.

(AFP)

Interior minister Suleyman Soylu said the explosion in Diyarbakir was an accident during repair work on armoured vehicles

Two people were killed Tuesday in an explosion which shook police headquarters in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, which a minister said was an accident during repair work. Interior minister Suleyman Soylu said no external forces had been involved in the incident in the restive majority Kurdish city which happened during repairs on armoured vehicles. One civilian worker employed at the facility was killed in the blast, the local governor's office said in a statement. The state-run Anadolu news agency later said a second man died of his wounds in hospital. The blast, which could be heard in several areas across the city, added to security jitters just days ahead of a key referendum expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. Grey smoke rose from the area as ambulances rushed to the scene, with medics saying at least five people were hurt. "There was no intervention from outside. An explosion happened during repairs to vehicles," Soylu was quoted as saying by the private NTV television. The statement by the governor's office, however, did not specify the precise cause of the blast, though it did say it took place during repairs to an armoured vehicle. An investigation has been opened, it said. A person who was trapped under the rubble was rescued, the Dogan news agency reported. Images showed that the force of the blast created a large crater and caused considerable destruction to the building. Turks will on Sunday vote on whether to approve constitutional changes giving Erdogan executive presidential powers, which critics say would drag the country into one-man rule. The southeast has been battered by renewed fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces since a fragile truce collapsed in 2015. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been waging an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 during which over 40,000 people have been killed. The group is designated by Ankara, the United States and the European Union as a terror group. Diyarbakir city and its region have over the last year been repeatedly hit by PKK attacks targeting the security forces. (AFP)

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Seven killed, five injured in blast at restaurant in Turkey's Aydin province

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