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To: Ed Huang who wrote (4904)	6/24/2004 10:26:34 AM
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Second Turkey Blast Kills Three Before NATO Summit Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:02 AM ET Printer Friendly \| Email Article \| Reprints \| RSS (Page 1 of 2) More story pictures Top News Rebel Attacks in Five Iraq Cities Kill 75 Second Turkey Blast Kills Three Before NATO Summit Durables Orders Post Surprise Drop in May MORE By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and 10 injured when a bomb tore through an Istanbul bus on Thursday two days before President Bush visits Turkey for a NATO summit. The blast followed a small bomb explosion earlier on Thursday outside the Hilton hotel in Ankara where Bush is due to stay on Saturday when he visits the capital before the Istanbul summit. A leftist group claimed responsibility for that attack. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said three people were killed and 10 injured in the bus blast, one seriously. "The bus was not the target. The bomb was being carried from one place to another," Guler told reporters. "We suspect a Marxist-Leninist group." Hospital sources also said three people had died. Guler said the bomber was a woman in her mid-20s who was carrying the bomb in her lap when it exploded outside a hospital in the mainly residential Fatih district of Istanbul. He said the device was a percussion bomb, which causes a loud bang but usually not much damage. Percussion bombs are relatively common in Turkey, and it was such a device hidden in a package that caused the earlier blast in the car park of the Hilton Hotel. Ankara police chief Ercument Yilmaz told CNN Turk two policemen and an unidentified third person were injured in that explosion, which another television station said was claimed by a leftist group called MLKP-FESK. Turkish markets weakened slightly after the second bomb in one day. The dollar earlier fell a quarter of a centime against the Swiss franc, a traditional safe haven. DRASTIC SECURITY Continued ... reuters.com