Reports of up to 21 people killed in Turkey bombing - health minister

Reuters

17 February 2016 at 2:04 pm

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish officials have received reports that 20 or 21 people were killed in a bomb attack that targeted buses carrying military personnel in the capital Ankara, Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said on Wednesday. Muezzinoglu, who was speaking to reporters in comments broadcast live on television, said 61 people were wounded. (Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley and Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Nick Tattersall)

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