Thursday, 31 March 2016

Six police officers dead and 23 people injured as massive explosion rips through Kurdish city in southern Turkey

Six policemen were killed and at least 23 people injured in a car bomb attack that rocked the Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
The blast hit an armoured police vehicle as it drove past the city’s bus station.


Broken windows of an appartment building are seen following a bomb attack in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 31, 2016. Four police officers were killed and 14 people wounded in the attack on March 31 targeting the Turkish police in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir, according to a security source. The bomb exploded as a police vehicle drove past the city's main bus terminal. The wounded included eight police, three of whom were seriously hurt, and six civilians. / AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGINILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images
Three of the policemen wounded are said to have been seriously injured Getty Images

Three of the wounded police officers have been described as being seriously hurt.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts yet.
Broken windows of an appartment building are seen following a bomb attack in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 31, 2016. Four police officers were killed and 14 people wounded in the attack on March 31 targeting the Turkish police in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir, according to a security source. The bomb exploded as a police vehicle drove past the city's main bus terminal. The wounded included eight police, three of whom were seriously hurt, and six civilians. / AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGINILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images
The blast smashed windows in a nearby block of flats Getty Images

The blast was targeted at the Turkish police force, who are locked in battle with Kurdish rebels in the city.
Violence erupted between Turkish troops and the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2015.
This new spate of disorder has broken a two-and-a-half year truce.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who has waged a vicious battle against Kurdish rebels since July, was to make a rare visit to Diyarbakir tomorrow.
Since last summer, 355 members of the security forces and 5,359 members of the PKK are believed to have been killed.
A man walks past the broken windows and interior of a car dealership following a bomb attack in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 31, 2016. Four police officers were killed and 14 people wounded in the attack on March 31 targeting the Turkish police in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir, according to a security source. The bomb exploded as a police vehicle drove past the city's main bus terminal. The wounded included eight police, three of whom were seriously hurt, and six civilians. / AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGINILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images
A man walks past the smashed windows of a car dealership in the aftermath of the Diyarbakir bomb attack Getty Images

The PKK have been active since 1984 and have fought for Kurdish rights, demanding their own homeland.
They now demand cultural rights and more freedoms.
Since 1984, over 40,000 people have died in the conflict.
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