WRAP Car bomb blast kills five, wounds dozens, reports

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3. Wide of ambulance arriving at blast scene
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5. Wide pan of fire and aftermath of blast, pan to woman screaming
6. Various of firefighters and fire engines arriving at scene
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STORYLINE:
A car bomb apparently targeting military personnel killed five people and wounded dozens on Thursday in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, according to officials.
A bus transporting military personnel was passing by a five-star hotel when the bomb exploded, the state-run Anatolia news agency said.
Four people were killed and 52 people wounded in the blast, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
All four people who died were civilians, according to private television channel NTV.
The sound of the blast was heard from some 3 kilometres (1.86 miles) away.
At least three people could be seen lying unconscious amid burning cars, and a bus was engulfed in flames, reports said.
Dozens of people were wounded, including at least two military personnel, local authorities said.
Authorities blamed the blast on Kurdish rebels, and police were said to be searching for two suspected Kurdish militants.
The attack - which shattered the windows of surrounding buildings - appeared to be a retaliation to three airstrikes by Turkish warplanes against Kurdish rebel shelters in northern Iraq last month.
Rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, have battled for autonomy in southeastern Turkey for more than two decades - a campaign that has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths.
The group uses strongholds in northern Iraq for cross-border strikes.
In October, Turkey's Parliament authorised the military to strike back at rebels across the border.

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