Two killed in bomb attack in south Turkey
istanbul — A car bomb exploded in the car park of the governor’s office in the southern Turkish city of Adana on Thursday killing two people and wounding 33, officials said, in the latest attack to rock Turkey this year.
The explosion sparked a fire, with a cloud of dark smoke spewing into the sky, and caused damage to the governorate itself, state-run Anadolu news agency said, describing the blast as a “terror attack”.
The attack is believed to have been carried out by a woman, Adana governor Mahmut Demirtas was quoted as saying by Anadolu.
Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law, said two people were killed and 33 wounded, including one in critical condition.
Speaking to reporters after inspecting the site, Albayrak condemned the attack and said: “We have no fear from anything other than Allah.”
As has been the case with previous attacks, Turkish authorities immediately slapped a broadcast ban on footage from the scene.
“This accursed terror continues to target our people,” Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik, a ruling party MP from Adana, wrote on Twitter.
“We will fight against terror until the very end in the name of humanity,” he added.
Celik who later visited Adana claimed the atrocity targeted the governor himself.
With a population of almost two million, Adana is one of Turkey’s largest cities, located around 100km from the Syrian border.