DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Jan 3 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed in an explosion on Thursday that wrecked a military vehicle in the southeast Turkish city of Diyarbakir, NTV television quoted police sources as saying.

Police earlier confirmed at least 20 people had been injured in the blast in Diyarbakir, home to large numbers of troops who are battling PKK Kurdish separatist rebels both in Turkey and in nearby northern Iraq.

(Reporting by Seyhmus Cakan, writing by Gareth Jones)

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