Ambulances and security members attend the scene, near an explosion site after suicide bombers blew themselves up on Sunday during a police raid against suspected Daesh militants near the Syrian border, in Gaziantep, Turkey (AP photo)

ISTANBUL — A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday during a Turkish police raid against suspected Daesh terror group members near the Syrian border, killing three police officers and wounding nine other people, an official said. In a separate explosion, a man suspected of being responsible for an IS suicide bomber cell in Gaziantep blew himself about 20 kilometers (12 miles) away in another district of the city, provincial governor Ali Yerlikaya said in a televised statement. The militants blew themselves up when they understood that they could not escape, the agency reported. At least 10 people, including civilians and police, were wounded in the explosion in Gaziantep city, the private Dogan news agency reported. The privately-run Dogan news agency said police were raiding a second address in the city in connection with the blast, and that there were reports of further explosions and gunfire. The governor said police raid followed a tip that the group could be planning an attack on an Alawite cultural association in the city, according to Anadolu. Turkey has been rocked by a series of deadly attacks over the past year, carried out by Daesh or Kurdish militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. In August, 54 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up during an outdoor wedding celebration in Gaziantep.
A suicide bomber kills three police officers and wounds at least nine people in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep during a police raid on a suspected ISIL safehouse.