Official killed in bomb attack on Gaziantep police HQ in Turkey’s southeast

A bomb has exploded near a police headquarters in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, according to local media. Several people have reportedly been injured in the blast.

Reuters is reporting that one police officer was killed in the bomb blast, citing a security source, while others have been injured.

Police sources confirmed that an explosion rocked the police building and people have been injured. The sources added the explosion was felt all over the city.

At least nine policemen and four civilians were injured in the suspected car bomb attack.

One police officer was killed and several others were wounded on Sunday in a car bomb attack in front of a police headquarters in Turkey’s southeastern city of Gaziantep, security sources said.

Footage from CNN Turk broadcaster showed pieces of a wrecked vehicle near the station gates and several ambulances and fire brigade trucks at the scene of the blast, which it said was felt from kilometers away, while windows in nearby buildings were shattered.

Source: Reuters and Goobjoog News