At least two people, a police worker and a court employee,were killed after explosion near a courthouse in Turkish city of Izmir, according to media reports.

At least two people, a police worker and a court employee, were killed in a car bomb explosion near a courthouse in Turkish city of Izmir, local media reported.

Turkey has introduced temporary ban on the coverage of the blast in the media, according to Anadolu news agency.

Earlier, other media reported that three people were injured in the blast and two terrorists who organized it were killed by Turkish police.

18:20

A large explosion occurred on Thursday near a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, injuring at least 10 people, local media reported.

The explosion near the courthouse in Izmir was caused by a car bomb, the secretary general of the city municipality Bugra Gokce confirmed to the CNN Turk.

​Earlier, it was reported that two cars exploded near the courthouse in the third most populated city in Turkey.

Immediately after blast, eyewitnesses reported a gunfire was heard at the scene.

According to the Hurriyet Daily News reports, two militants entered in an armed clash with police after the explosion. Two terrorists, who organized the blast, were killed by Turkish police.

The police are currently searching for the third terrorist responsible for the attack.

​Ambulances were sent at the scene. District Mayor Hasan Karadag told NTV television that at least 10 people were injured, one of the wounded was in serious condition.

​​​The explosion occurred just a day after Turkish police detained 27 people in connection with the Istanbul nightclub attack who are suspected of having links with Daesh.

17:43

At least three people were wounded in an explosion near a courthouse in Turkey‘s western Aegean coastal city of Izmir on Thursday, a correspondent for the Dogan news agency at the scene told broadcaster CNN Turk.

The correspondent said he saw the three people being put on stretchers by rescue workers.

At least one vehicle was burning close to a courthouse in the city, CNN Turk said.

The explosion comes as the man who killed 39 people in an attack on an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day is believed to probaby be an ethnic Uighur and Turkish security services now know where he might be hiding, deputy prime minister Veysi Kaynak said on Thursday.



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17:34

An explosion hit the Turkish Aegean coastal city of Izmir on Thursday and ambulances were dispatched to the scene, broadcaster CNN Turk said.

At least one vehicle was burning close to a courthouse in the city, CNN Turk said.

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