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An explosion due to a gas leak at a coal mine in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak left 8 mine workers dead yesterday afternoon.

Two consecutive blasts that killed 25 troops and injured four more at a barracks in the western province of Afyon on Wednesday evening triggered a flurry of questions with regards to the cause of the incident. The General Staff consequently issued a statement which criticized the press for its coverage of the blast but failed to yield any answers.

Law enforcement officials took four suspects under custody in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa in connection with Monday’s lethal blast in neighboring Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69 more. Rioting mobs also attacked the offices of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) once more in Gaziantep yesterday evening.

A bus of the riot forces was bombed in front of the AKP Provincial Presidency and the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen in Istanbul this morning. Ten policemen were slightly injured in the attack.

Three people died in the course of an explosion that occurred in a minibus in Ankara on Tuesday. 34 people were wounded.

An explosion on a main road in Istanbul during the rush hour this morning left seven people injured. The reason for the explosion as not been announced yet.

10 minibus passengers died in an explosion in the south-eastern province of Hakkari, four people got wounded. The Kurdish KCK blamed the "counter guerrilla" for the attack. PM Erdoğan said the attack would "not remain unanswered".