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By Conor Gaffey
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An explosion at a Turkish airport on Wednesday has killed one woman and wounded another according to Turkish television, AFP reports.
The explosion, the cause of which remains unknown, occurred on the tarmac outside the terminal building at Sabiha Gökçen airport, which is on the Asian side of Istanbul. Airport cleaner Zehra Yamac, 30, sustained head wounds during the blast and was hospitalized but died of her wounds hours later. Another airport cleaner was also wounded.
The explosion occurred around 2am local time, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported. Hurriyet also named the wounded victim as Canan Burgulu, who is receiving treatment at the Marmara Education and Research Hospital in Istanbul.
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In a statement, Turkish private carrier Pegasus Airlines said that the blast occurred next to one of its planes, but that "there were no passengers, either on the plane, or on the stairway" and that the airport was continuing with normal operations.
Sabiha Gökçen is Istanbul's second international airport, after the Atatürk Airport on the European side of the city. Dato' Azmi Murad, the airport's executive director, said in a statement: "We are working very closely with the Turkish government and our counterparts to facilitate the investigation, and we await their official report on it."
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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