One soldier was killed when a road-side bomb detonated while a military vehicle was passing by in the western Turkish province of ?zmir on Thursday. There have been casualties in the blast and the wounded had been hospitalized, counter-terror police officers told Anadolu news agency (AA). Izmir Police Chief Ali Bilkay told AA that a bomb detonated while a military vehicle was passing by in Foca. "According to initial reports, there have been casualties and one soldier was killed," he said.