An explosion in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa on Wednesday was caused by a female suicide bomber, a security source and a senior government official said, citing photographic evidence.
The bomber wounded at least seven people when she blew herself up near the main mosque in the city.
Photographs from the scene showed the severed torso of what appeared to be the bomber lying at the side of the mosque.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
“The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. It is a woman, and she is dead. According to the information we have at the moment, seven people are wounded,” the government official told Reuters.
Turkey has been hit by a series of suicide bombings this year, including two in Istanbul blamed on Islamic State and two in the capital Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants.
Reuters