Explosion Hits Bus in Turkish City of Kayseri, Casualties Reported

The Turkish Interior Minister said that 55 people wounded, 12 in intensive care and six in critical condition.

Earlier, media reported of 13 people killed and 48 wounded by the blast, citing Turkish military.

"At 8:45, at the time of the terrorist act aimed at the vehicle carrying soldiers and corporals on the pass, 13 of our comrades-in-arms were killed and 48 were wounded. The injured were immediately delivered to hospitals. There could be civilians among the injured," a letter received by RIA Novosti from the Turkish general staff writes.

The Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım underlined that the blast was a terror attack carried out by a suicide bomber.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak confirmed casualties and stated that the explosion was a car bomb, which targeted bus carrying soldiers. He also noted that it resembles the attack outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul last week.

"Today, a car bomb exploded near a municipal bus, which was apparently carrying soldiers to a market. The attack looks like what happened a week ago in Besiktas. There are injuries, but I cannot say how many were killed," Kaynak told journalists.

Local hospital confirmed casualties after the bus explosion, saying that more than 25 people were wounded. The details of the death toll are not available at the moment.