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2 killed, two injured in car explosion in Turkey

The blast took place inside a car some 750 meters (yards) from a local government office in the border town of Reyhanli, in Hatay province

2 killed, two injured in car explosion in Turkey

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At least two people have died and two others injured after an explosion hit inside a vehicle near Turkey’s border with Syria, according to report on Friday.

The blast took place inside a car some 750 meters (yards) from a local government office in the border town of Reyhanli, in Hatay province, the Anadolu Agency reported.

Anadolu Agency quoted Hatay’s government as saying that, “two people inside the car were killed”.

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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.

There was no immediate information on the condition of the two injured.

The report said, “Several ambulances and police vehicles were sent to the scene.

Turkey has blamed Syria’s intelligence agency for the attack.

In 2013, two car bomb attacks in Reyhanli that killed 52 people, including Syrian refugees.

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