A three-year-old child was killed and seventeen people wounded in a car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish town of Viranşehir near the border with Syria, the province's governor said.
The explosion took place outside a housing complex for judges and prosecutors. The child who died in the blast was the son of a court clerk, the injured were not in critical condition and were sent to local hospitals, governor Güngör Azim Tuna said.
“The terrorist attack was carried out by detonating the bomb-laden car via remote control. The housing complex was severely damaged,” Tuna added.
Initial findings showed that an unidentified individual thought to be between 18 to 20 had parked the car loaded with explosives outside the complex in the evening hours, he said.
The blast shattered windows in several buildings nearby and was felt across the neighbourhood, a witness said.
