The Latest on an explosion at Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital. : The governor of the State of Mexico says three more people have died from a massive chain-reaction at a fireworks market near the capital, raising the death toll to 29. Gov. Eruviel Avila says that in addition to the 26 people who perished at the market, three more died after being hospitalized.
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Mexico fireworks explosion kills 29, dozens injured
An outdoor fireworks mart explosion in a suburb of Mexico City killed 29 people, AP reported. Earlier reports said 70 were injured.
26 killed in Mexico fireworks market blast
Mexico City, Dec 21 : At least 26 people were killed in a fireworks market explosion near Mexico City, an official said. [NK World] Mexico State Prosecutor Alejandro Gomez raised the toll of the Tuesday’s blast from the previous nine deaths, Xinhua news agency reported citing a local television.
Death toll climbs in massive fireworks market blast in Mexico
An explosion Tuesday ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital. Drone footage shows plumes of smoke billowing into the sky above the open-air San Pablito Market in Tultepec.
12:15 President Mirziyoyev condoles Erdogan over terrorist attack
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a letter of condolences to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the deadly explosion in the city of Kayseri, reported the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry. In the telegram, Mirziyoyev expressed his deep condolences and support to the leadership and relatives of those died in the terrorist attack.
Bombing kills at least 30 outside Yemen military camp
A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military camp in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday morning, killing at least 30 soldiers, Yemeni officials said. The officials told The Associated Press that preliminary investigations showed the blast was the work of a bomber wearing an explosive vest.
Car bomb in Turkey kills 13 soldiers and wounds dozens of people
An explosion in central Turkey tore through a bus carrying off-duty soldiers early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens in the second major attack targeting Turkey’s security forces in a week, the authorities said. A military statement said the explosion, in the town of Kayseri, was caused by a car bomb.
Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus; 7 suspects held
A suicide car bomber set off an explosion Saturday that demolished a public bus transporting off-duty soldiers in Turkey’s central province of Kayseri, killing 13 troops and wounding 56 other people, authorities said. Saturday’s blast comes a week after a car bomb attack claimed by Kurdish militants killed 44 people, mainly riot police, and wounded over 150 others near a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
Officials say car bombs targeted Turkish military
A suicide car bomb targeting military personnel exploded at the entrance gate to a university in the central province of Kayseri on Saturday, killing 13 Turkish troops and wounding 55 other people, authorities said. The blast comes a week after a car bomb attack claimed by Kurdish militants killed 44 people, mainly riot police posted outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
Turkish news agency reports car bomb attack
A deadly car bomb attack hit the central Anatolian province of Kayseri on Saturday morning, according to Turkish media reports. State-run Anadolu Agency said the car bomb went off at an entrance gate of Erciyes University, hitting a public transportation bus that included on-leave soldiers among its passengers.
Car bomb kills 13 Turkish commandos, army says
Security officials and people at the scene of a car bomb attack in central Anatolian city of Kayseri, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. A public bus was heavily damaged and dear and injured were reported.