Ten Brits hurt in Turkish holiday resort. BBC:

Ten Britons have been injured after three explosions hit a holiday resort in Turkey, the Foreign Office has said.

The blasts happened in the past few hours at the coastal resort of Marmaris. At least one appeared to be on a bus, witnesses said.

All ten injured Britons are in hospital with three in a serious condition.

Six people have also been injured in Istanbul after a bomb exploded late on Sunday night, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Update: Total up to 22 injured. ABC News:

Kurdish separatists, leftists and Islamic militants have carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. The tourist industry is a powerful motor of the Turkish economy.

The explosions come two days after two bombs exploded in the southern Turkish city of Adana, injuring four people.

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