Turkey: 7 Killed in Car Bomb Attack Targeting Police

  • 2/5/2023
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Ankara, Dhu-AlQa'dah 12, 1437, Aug 15, 2016, SPA -- Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb at a police station in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing five police officers and two civilians, officials said. At least 20 other people were wounded. The attack targeted a traffic-police station on a highway linking the city of Diyarbakir and the town of Batman, AP reported. The explosion tore a large crater on the highway and television footage showed a three-story building that appeared to have been gutted by the blast. Officials blamed the attack on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters that a child was among the dead. --SPA 20:18 LOCAL TIME 17:18 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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