Posted on 08/28/2006 9:11:32 AM PDT by vimto
Two dead in Turkish tourist zone blast
28/08/2006 MARMARIS, Turkey, (Reuters) - Two people died and seven others were injured in a blast in Turkey's Mediterranean city Antalya on Monday, the fifth bomb to hit the country in less than 24 hours.
Two witnesses told Reuters by telephone from Antalya they heard a loud explosion, which broke windows, shattered glass, and sparked a fire at a shopping area in the centre of the city, one of Turkey's most popular tourist destinations.
"A parked motorbike next to a tramway had exploded and
pieces of the motorbike were shattered all around. A man who was a street vendor was then dead," said a shaken local businessman, who declined to be named.
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