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A car bomb, blamed on Kurdish separatists, exploded near a police station near Turkey
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A Turkish policeman stands guard after a protest against the PKK in 2011. A car bomb exploded Monday, killing eight people and wounding 50 others in a city in south-east Turkey, the mayor of Gaziantap, Asim Guezelbey, told local television. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)
A car bomb exploded Monday, killing eight people and wounding 50 others in a city in south-east Turkey, the mayor of Gaziantap, Asim Guezelbey, told local television. The powerful blast went off close to a police station, setting fire to several vehicles including a city bus carrying three of the victims. Duration: 00:43 (AFP Photo/)
Officials work at the scene of an explosion in the southeastern Turkish town of Gaziantep August 20, 2012. A car bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish separatists exploded close to a police station in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more, security sources said. Television footage showed a bus and the surrounding area ablaze with smoke billowing into the sky as firemen tried to fight the fire. Ambulances ferried casualties to hospital while anxious residents looked on. REUTERS/Ihlas/Habip Demirci
Firefighters work at the scene of an explosion in the southeastern Turkish town of Gaziantep August 20, 2012. A car bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish separatists exploded close to a police station in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more, security sources said. Television footage showed a bus and the surrounding area ablaze with smoke billowing into the sky as firemen tried to fight the fire. Ambulances ferried casualties to hospital while anxious residents looked on. REUTERS/Ihlas/Habip Demirci
Wounded people are helped onto an ambulance after an explosion in the southeastern Turkish town of Gaziantep August 20, 2012. A car bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish separatists exploded close to a police station in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more, security sources said. Television footage showed a bus and the surrounding area ablaze with smoke billowing into the sky as firemen tried to fight the fire. Ambulances ferried casualties to hospital while anxious residents looked on. REUTERS/Ihlas/Habip Demirci
Firefighters work at the scene of an explosion in the southeastern Turkish town of Gaziantep August 20, 2012. A car bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish separatists exploded close to a police station in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more, security sources said. Television footage showed a bus and the surrounding area ablaze with smoke billowing into the sky as firemen tried to fight the fire. Ambulances ferried casualties to hospital while anxious residents looked on. REUTERS/Ihlas/Habip Demirci