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Two killed in Turkey bombing

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A female suicide bomber killed at least two people and injured 10 others, one seriously, in southeast Turkey Saturday, officials said.

The BBC reported the Turkish Interior Ministry said the attack took place in Bingol.

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The British broadcaster said it wasn't clear if one of those killed was the bomber.

The blast occurred near a building housing offices of the government's AK Party, Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said. But he said he didn't believe the building was the target.

No group had claimed responsibility, the BBC said.

CNN reported other attacks had occurred recently in Turkey, including one 10 days ago in the southeastern Hakkari province that killed 24 soldiers and injured 18. Kurdish separatists were blamed for the attack.

In Ankara, the capital, at least three people were killed by an explosion last month for which a Kurdish rebel splinter group claimed responsibility.

Turkey has been fighting an insurgency by Kurdish rebels in the southeast part of the country, and the BBC said tens of thousands of people have been killed in the fighting since 1984.

Turkey is still trying to assist thousands of people left homeless by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

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