Ten Britons have been injured after three explosions hit a holiday resort in Turkey, the Foreign Office has said. The blasts happened in the past few hours at the coastal resort of Marmaris. At least one appeared to be on a bus, witnesses said. All ten injured Britons are in hospital with four in a serious condition. Six people have also been injured in Istanbul after a bomb exploded late on Sunday night, the Anatolia news agency reported. The Foreign Office had no further details on the cause of explosions or the exact location. A spokeswoman said she believed one of the explosions occured on a minibus and another by the harbour. The location of the third blasts has not yet been made clear. A spokeswoman added consular staff were on the ground in the area. She said it was likely that the 10 injured were holidaymakers but that British nationals could be living in the area. BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford said the Britons hurt are believed to have been caught up in the same explosion, which happened shortly after midnight.
Tayfun Sentop, a spokeman for the Ahu Hetman hospital, where six of the injured have been taken, said their injuries were "nothing serious". "They have general body traumas and nothing very serious - they are having treatment as inpatients," he told the BBC.
Kurdish Group Claims Marmaris Blasts
Ankara, 28 August (AKI) - The Kurdish Liberation Hawks - a group linked to the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) - have claimed responsibility for three attacks on the tourist centre of Marmaris late Sunday night, which had injured more than 20 people. In a statement posted to its website, the group said it would continue to strike in the country and warned tourists against visiting Turkey. At least two people were killed and up to 20 others injured in a subsequent explosion in the resort of Antalya, 130km from Marmaris, on Monday afternoon.
As investigations into the bomb blasts began, the police and paramilitary teams blocked the entrances and exits of the town, which is located in south-west Turkey.
The Kurdish Liberation Hawks (TAK) have claimed responsibility for previous attacks in Turkey: the latest was a bomb in June that ripped through a tourist area 100 km east of Antalya, killing four and wounding 28. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which launched a separatist campaign in 1984, has attacked civillians in tourist resorts in the past.