21/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- At least 16 people, including seven police officers, suffered injuries from a car bombing in the western province of Izmir early Thursday (August 21st). A remote control activated the bomb, hidden in a parked car, as two buses carrying soldiers and police passed by. Police have cordoned off the area and are investigating the incident. (Zaman, Hurriyet, AFP, Reuters, AP, NTV, Anadolu news agency - 21/08/08)