Turkish officials: car bomb kills 13 Turkish commandos, wounds 55

A car bomb blast killed 13 Turkish troops and wounded 55 persons, most of them military personnel, in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri on Saturday morning, ABC News reported, citing official figures.

In a statement, the Turkish armed forces said the car bomb went off at 8:45 a.m. and targeted on-leave military personnel from the Kayseri Commando Brigade.

The army had said 48 troops were wounded and said that civilian citizens may have also been hurt in the "treacherous act."

Speaking in Kayseri shortly after the blast, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 55 people had been wounded in total and that six were in critical condition.

"We are determined in our fight against terrorism," the minister said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Aource: MENA