{"id":11285,"date":"2024-12-24T11:38:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T11:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/at-least-12-killed-in-blast-at-explosives-factory-in-turkey\/"},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T11:38:57","slug":"at-least-12-killed-in-blast-at-explosives-factory-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/at-least-12-killed-in-blast-at-explosives-factory-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 12 killed in blast at explosives factory in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm528pzqh00dn26pf4tol2e3y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            At least 12 people were killed in a blast at an explosives and ammunition factory in the Karesi district of Balikesir province in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, the country\u2019s interior ministry said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm528tnk8000a356mtm7wtx77@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            At least four others were injured in the explosion, which also caused a building to collapse, according to the ministry.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5296tlb0000356mfi5dy7l8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on X that he was \u201cdeeply saddened by the death of 12 of our brothers.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm52afro700013b6mufb4grni@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI pray to God to have mercy on my deceased brothers, offer my condolences to their families, and wish a speedy recovery to our injured,\u201d Erdogan added. \u201cMy condolences to Balikesir and our nation.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm529g61h0004356m32iz2tge@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on X that a committee of experts, including chemical, mechanical, occupational safety and geophysical engineers, had been assigned to determine the cause of the explosion.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/map\/instances\/cm5292vk9000g356msmbol7fp@published\" class=\"map\" data-mapbox-enabled=\"true\" data-mapbox-access-token=\"pk.eyJ1IjoiY25uZGlnaXRhbCIsImEiOiJja21mOG9qZXkwMDdhMnVtcnl3OWwxcHhxIn0.edemYdT0TKm7F8Wf2Y5zUA\" data-longitude=\"30.285361831250015\" data-latitude=\"39.314126483301806\" data-zoom=\"5\" data-markers=\"W3sibGFiZWwiOiJCYWxpa2VzaXIgcHJvdmluY2UiLCJzdHlsZSI6ImNhbGxvdXQiLCJsYXRpdHVkZSI6MzkuNjUzMjk3NTk5OTk5OTksImFsaWdubWVudCI6IlJpZ2h0IiwibG9uZ2l0dWRlIjoyNy44OTAzNDIzfV0=\" data-id=\"cm5292vk9000g356msmbol7fp\">\n<div id=\"cm5292vk9000g356msmbol7fp\" class=\"map__container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm528vatt000e356m0qj5e1re@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            <em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em>    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 12 people were killed in a blast at an explosives and ammunition factory in the Karesi district of Balikesir province in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, the country\u2019s interior ministry said. 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