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Blasts in Turkey near border

May 11, 2013

Explosions have killed at least 40 in a town in Turkey near the Syrian border. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians live in camps along the 900-kilometer frontier, including in Reyhanli, where the explosions occured.

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People help victims after an explosion in Reyhanli District, Hatay, Turkey, 11 May 2013. At least 13 people were killed and 22 wounded following explosions on 11 May in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, Turkish television NTV reported. EPA/CEM GENCO/ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES
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Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said that 40 people were dead and more than 100 wounded after four blasts in Reyhanli (pictured), just a few kilometers from a major border post with Syria. He added that 29 of the people wounded were in serious condition.

Reyhanli Mayor Huseyin Sanverdi told the television channel Haberturk that one explosion occurred near the municipality building and the other close to a post office, but did not say what caused the blasts.

Syria's civil war has previously spilled over the border. In October, a mortar bomb killed five in Akcakale, prompting Turkey to fire back across the frontier.

mkg/dr (AFP, Reuters, AP)