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More than 20 people killed in blast in Turkish town - eyewitnesses


    ISTANBUL (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an explosion in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc near the Syrian border on Monday, three eyewitnesses told Reuters.

    Local member of parliament Ziya Caliskan earlier said that more than 10 people were killed and 20 wounded in the blast.

    (Reporting by Ece Toksabay, Dasha Afanasieva, Ayla Jean Yackley, Gulsen Solaker; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall)