ANKARA, (AFP) - A bomb exploded in a seaside holiday resort in western Turkey yesterday, leaving at least 20 people injured, including a number of foreign tourists, officials said.

The blast, from a low-powered and probably home-made device, occurred in a dustbin near a bank in the main square of the Aegean town of Cesme, NTV television said. No claim of responsibility has been made.

"The explosion was caused by a bomb," said Yusuf Ziya Goksu, the governor of Izmir province, quoted by the semi-official Anatolia news agency.

Levent Kidak, Izmir's chief of health services, said 20 people were injured. One person, a woman, was seriously injured and was taken to a hospital in Izmir, he said, quoted by Anatolia.

Goksu said two foreign tourists were among the injured.
Anatolia identified them as Briton John Willoughby, 63, and Russian Alexander Danilik, 44, treated for minor injuries.

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