22 injured in Turkish holiday resort blasts

At least 22 people were injured tonight in three explosions at the holiday resort of Marmaris in Turkey.

The blast happened within the last few hours, an FCO spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said she did not know how many people had been injured in total.

She said: “There have been three explosions in the resort of Marmaris, Turkey and 10 British nationals have been injured and are in hospital. We have consular staff on the ground.

“We have no further details in terms on the cause of the explosions or the location.”

Asked if the 10 injured Britons were holidaymakers, she added: “I think that would be the assumption because it is a holiday resort but I would imagine there would be British nationals living in the area as well.”

Witnesses in Marmaris said that at least one of the explosions appeared to be on dolmuses - small vans that act as short-range buses in Turkey.

One of the explosions was described as being near a fast food restaurant and another near an airline office.

Marmaris, Danielle Pearson, told Sky News she believed at least one of the explosions happened on a bus.

She said: “We’ve seen the remains of what was left. There were ambulances and police cars going everywhere.”

The area had been busy, she said.

“It was the usual holidaymakers walking about, everybody out enjoying themselves.”