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January 6, 2017

Turkey: Suicide Car Bomb in Izmir Blamed on Kurdish Militants
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In Turkey, a pair of attackers wielding guns and grenades opened fire on
a courthouse in the western city of Izmir, before blowing themselves up
in a car bomb attack that killed a police officer and a court employee.
Turkish officials blamed the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party for the
violence.


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