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At least 13 people, among them policemen and soldiers, have been injured in an explosion in the western Turkish city of Izmir, according to Turkish media.
The explosion on Thursday morning ripped through a car on a road being used to transport police and soldiers in minibuses, the NTV news channel said.
Seven police officers, three soldiers and three civilians were injured in the blast, the report said.
"Our assessment is that the explosion was caused by plastic explosives detonated by remote control," Cahit Kirac, the governor of Izmir, was quoted as saying by state-run Anatolian news agency.
The blast shattered windows in the surrounding area, which was near a police housing complex in the Konak district.
Television footage showed dark smoke coming off a burning piece of wreckage in front of a police minibus as police cordoned off the area and warned civilians to stay away.
The explosion comes two days after a suspected suicide bomber pursued by police detonated a car in the southern city of Mersin, killing himself and wounding 12 officers.
PHOTO CAPTION
Medics carry an injured person on a stretcher after a car exploded as a minibus carrying police officers passed by in the western Turkish coastal city of Izmir, August 21, 2008.
Al-Jazeera
