Several Kurdish peshmerga rebels brandish their arms 27 March 1991 near Salaheddine, as fighting intensifies between Iraqi's troops and the Kurdish guerrillas. – AFP Photo
ANKARA: A governor in Turkey said a liquified petroleum gas tank exploded at a petrol station, injuring 10 people at an adjacent supermarket in southeastern Turkey.
Gov. Mustafa Toprak said Tuesday's blast occurred in Diyarbakir, the largest city in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast, where Kurdish rebels have been waging war for autonomy for decades.
Toprak has ruled out terrorism and says the explosion was caused by a faulty gas valve.
He said one of the 10 injured was in critical condition.
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