At least three killed in Turkey car-bomb blast: hospital

DIYARBAKIR - At least three people were killed and 35 injured in a car-bomb explosion Thursday in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast, hospital sources said.
Police confirmed that the blast was caused by a car-bomb after giving an initial toll of some 20 injured.
The powerful blast occurred as a military vehicle was passing on a road in the city centre, some 100 metres (yards) from a military base and billets.
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01/03/2008 16:15 GMT