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Twelve Turkish soldiers injured in gas cannister explosion

Freitag, 17. November 2000 / 11:40 Uhr

Ankara - Twelve soldiers were injured, two seriously, in a an explosion at a military barracks in the southern Turkish city of Adana on Friday, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The explosion in the mess of the barracks is believed to have been caused by a faulty gas cannister. The injured were being treated at a local hospital while the two seriously injured are to be flown by helicopter to a military hospital in the capital Ankara. (la/dpa)