Injured Britons still in hospital

More explosions in Antalya killed three people

Eight Britons remain in Turkish hospitals after bomb blasts in the resort of Marmaris on Sunday.

They were among 10 British tourists injured in attacks which killed three people and injured dozens. A militant Kurdish group claimed responsibility.

Despite the bombings, the Foreign Office has not warned Britons to stay away from the country, but urged tourists to take care.

Turkey's coastal security has been tightened as police hunt the bombers.

Meanwhile, British tour operators said there had been no rush of people cancelling holidays.

They also said most people had not returned home early from their holidays.

I felt a whoosh of hot air around my ankles and a lot of discomfort Sarah Wilson British tourist

Sean Tipton, from the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta), said: "If you look at the comments we've been getting from our customers, some of them are very concerned - but the vast majority want to go on holiday as normal.

"They know full well that it is impossible in the current climate to say that any country in the world is 100% safe. That applies to staying at home as well."

Four of the British victims were seriously injured in the Marmaris bombing, which happened on a "dolmus" - a minibus popular with tourists.

Sarah Wilson, 37, of Essendon, Hertfordshire, was travelling on the minibus with her sons, Adam, seven, and Jamie, eight, and friend Kevin Smith, 41, and his daughter Jennifer, 13.

She told the Daily Mail: "The dolmus was very busy. All of a sudden there was a flash and a bang. There was lots of smoke and screaming. I felt a whoosh of hot air around my ankles and a lot of discomfort.

"Everybody was able to get off the bus. I got both my children out. Adam had burns but they were both alive. "The restaurant owners rushed out and threw water over our burns."

Shrapnel wounds

Other injured passengers included Dorothy Hughes, who had two broken legs, her son Richard said.

Her grandson Louis Beckford, nine, had burns on his face, while her daughter Jenny Hughes, 36, Louis's father Alex Beckford, 35, and his mother Susanne Beckford, 67, all had shrapnel wounds, Richard Hughes said from Birmingham.

Another bomb attack in Istanbul on Sunday injured six people, and a blast on Monday in the coastal resort of Antalya killed three people and wounded at least 20.

No Britons are thought to have been involved in the Antalya bombings, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said.

The Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) said about 14,000 customers were in the Marmaris resort area, but only "a handful" had opted to return early.

Turkey blasts: Advice Britons worried about relatives in the area can call the Foreign Office helpline on 020 7008 0000 UK tour operator Thomas Cook said five of its customers are among the injured Tour operator First Choice says it does not believe any of its customers were caught in the blasts

"Whilst information on the explosions has been included on the FCO website, its advice to travellers is unchanged. Normal booking conditions apply," the federation said.

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons has said it carried out the attacks.

The group, known as TAK, said the blasts were "in revenge for the imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan", the figurehead of the fight for Kurdish independence in south-eastern Turkey.

The claims have not yet been verified.

A Foreign Office rapid deployment team was sent to help the Britons involved.

Two British Red Cross support staff will be among the group of experts sent to Turkey by the British Foreign Office to help with the aftermath of Sunday night's explosions.

The British ambassador in Turkey, Sir Peter Westmacott, who has travelled to Marmaris, told BBC News that as far as he knew "there were no British casualties" in the latest attack.

Another bomb in Istanbul, a roadside device, exploded late on Sunday night and injured six Turkish nationals.