Monday, June 23, 2008

Blast at Turkish army base injures 13 soldiers - International Herald Tribune

"Blast at Turkish army base injures 13 soldiers

ANKARA, Turkey: A Turkish official says an explosion has injured 13 soldiers at a military base in southern Turkey.

Deputy Gov. Mehmet Okur of southern Gaziantep province has told the state-run Anatolia news agency that the cause of Monday's blast at the military base near the town of Islahiye was not immediately clear.

It is not clear whether the soldiers were conducting an exercise at the time of the blast."

Blast at Turkish army base injures 13 soldiers - International Herald Tribune