Ankara: A suspected Islamic State terrorist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, during a police raid late Saturday, injuring four police officers, one seriously, media reports said.
The terrorist activated explosives attached to his body when police raided an apartment in a 10-storey building in the town of Gaziantep, the Dogan news agency said.
The raid was conducted as part of the investigation into a double suicide bombing on October 10 in Ankara that killed 102 activists assembling for a peace rally, Dogan said.
The latest attack comes as world leaders gathered in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, 300 kilometres (186 miles) to the west, for a G20 summit where the fight against terrorism will be a major discussion point, following this weekend's Paris attacks.
On Saturday, four suspected IS militants travelling by car were shot dead by the Army when they approached a military checkpoint in Gaziantep.
Also on Saturday, the police arrested seven suspected IS members in Ankara, state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
The same day, IS claimed responsibility for the gun and suicide attacks that killed 129 people across Paris late Friday.
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