Blast at Turkish explosives plant leaves 11 dead

ISTANBUL: A powerful blast ripped through an explosives plant in northwestern Turkiye on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring seven others, officials said, downgrading their original toll.

Footage showed shards of glass and metal scattered outside the plant north of the city of Balikesir, where ambulances stood by.

“There are unfortunately 11 deaths… eight women and three men. And we have seven inju­red,” Turkiye’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said at the scene.

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