Suicide bombing in Kusadasi, Turkey
{{date|July 16, 2005}}

[[Image:Location kusadasi.gif|thumb|right|360px|Location of Kuşadasi (red)]]
[[Image:Flag of Turkey.png|thumbnail|right|Flag of Turkey]]
[[Image:Flag of Kurdistan.png|thumbnail|right|Flag of Kurdistan]]
A {{w|Suicide Bombing|suicide bomber}} detonated herself Saturday aboard a minibus heading to Ladies beach in {{w|Kusadasi|Kuşadasi}}, an {{w|Aegean Sea}} resort town, killing at least four people, private NTV television said. Three of the victims were foreign tourists, a doctor who treated the casualties said. 

Three foreign tourists were among the dead and five foreign tourists were critically injured in the explosion, a doctor at Kuşadasi State Hospital said. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The five injured tourists were transferred to Izmir for treatment, the doctor added. According to some sources, there are five injured [[UK|British]] tourists.

NTV television said a female suicide bomber carried out the attack on the bus, which was heading to a nearby beach. Kurdish rebels in the past have used female suicide bombers.

The explosion ripped off the roof of the white minibus.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but {{w|Kurdish people|Kurdish}} rebels have recently carried out bomb attacks in Aegean resort towns.

Earlier this month, a bomb hidden in a soda can wounded 21 people, including three foreign tourists, in the Aegean coastal town of Çeşme. On April 30, a bomb in a {{w|Cassette deck|cassette player}} killed a police officer and left four others wounded in Kuşadasi.

A Kurdish {{w|guerrilla}} group that called itself the {{w|Kurdistan Freedom Falcons}} Organization or TAK claimed credit for both attacks and vowed to maintain attacks against tourist areas.

== Sources ==
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|url    = http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/16/turkey.blast.ap/
|title  = Suicide bomber kills 4 in Turkey
|author = 
|pub    = Associated Press
|date   = July 16, 2005
}}
*{{source
|url    = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4688575.stm
|title  = Turkish resort blast claims lives
|author = 
|pub    = BBC
|date   = July 16, 2005
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[[de:Selbstmordattentat in Kuşadası]]
[[ja:トルコのリゾート地でバス爆発、死者5人]]
[[pl:Zamach bombowy w tureckim kurorcie]]
[[pt:Terrorista suicida mata pelo menos 4 pessoas na Turquia]]
Location of Kuşadasi (red)
Flag of Turkey
Flag of Kurdistan
A suicide bomber detonated herself Saturday aboard a minibus heading to Ladies beach in Kuşadasi, an  resort town, killing at least four people, private NTV television said. Three of the victims were foreign tourists, a doctor who treated the casualties said. 

Three foreign tourists were among the dead and five foreign tourists were critically injured in the explosion, a doctor at Kuşadasi State Hospital said. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The five injured tourists were transferred to Izmir for treatment, the doctor added. According to some sources, there are five injured British tourists.

NTV television said a female suicide bomber carried out the attack on the bus, which was heading to a nearby beach. Kurdish rebels in the past have used female suicide bombers.

The explosion ripped off the roof of the white minibus.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but Kurdish rebels have recently carried out bomb attacks in Aegean resort towns.

Earlier this month, a bomb hidden in a soda can wounded 21 people, including three foreign tourists, in the Aegean coastal town of Çeşme. On April 30, a bomb in a cassette player killed a police officer and left four others wounded in Kuşadasi.

A Kurdish Kurdistan Freedom Falcons Organization or TAK claimed credit for both attacks and vowed to maintain attacks against tourist areas.

de:Selbstmordattentat in Kuşadası
ja:トルコのリゾート地でバス爆発、死者5人
pl:Zamach bombowy w tureckim kurorcie
Terrorista suicida mata pelo menos 4 pessoas na Turquia
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