In Turkey, three persons were killed and nine others injured today when an explosion rocked a bus carrying military personnel in the largest city of Istanbul. <br/><br/>According to media reports, the explosion occurred near a military housing complex in the district of Halkali. <br/><br/>The dead include two soldiers and a child. Television channels showed images of the bus's shattered windows, as well as the injured being rushed to hospital. <br/><br/>The blast comes a day after Turkish military forces began a major deployment of troops along the border with Iraq as fighting has intensified between the military forces and militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party.