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01 May 2024

15 people killed in Turkmenistan blast

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By AFP

Two servicemen and 13 civilians died in a series of blasts that rocked the outskirts of the capital of Turkmenistan last week, the official state news agency said on Sunday.

The death toll was the first reported by the reclusive Central Asian state since Thursday's mystery explosions, which members of the Turkmen opposition living abroad said may have killed some 200 people.

Turkmenistan's TDH news agency said the initial blast went off at a fireworks storage facility, with the blazes then spreading to a munitions dump.