Straw condemns Turkey bombing

Foreign secretary Jack Straw has condemned the bombing of a minibus in the western Turkish resort of Kusadasi on Saturday.

Mr Straw described the attack as a “repugnant act, which has ruined the lives of so many innocent people”.

The explosion killed five people including a British woman and an Irish teenager, and injured 11 others.

Mr Straw added: “As always we stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Turkey, in sympathy and in our refusal to allows terrorists to destroy our values and our liberty.”