At least 11 police officers have been killed and 70 wounded in a truck bomb attack at a police headquarters in southeastern Turkey, according to a Turkish minister.
The bomb was exploded at a checkpoint outside the headquarters on Friday, after the attackers failed to pass the guards there, state media said. The blast was followed by an armed battle between the police and attackers.
Recep Akdag, Turkey's health minister, said that at least 11 officers were killed in the incident and four of the 70 wounded people were in critical condition.
The ministry said earlier that a dozen ambulances and two helicopters had been sent to the scene.
Predominantly-Kurdish Cizre is in Turkey's Sirnak province and it borders both Syria and Iraq.
Large plumes of smoke billowed from the attack site, footage on Turkish televisions showed. They also displayed a large three-storey building reduced to its concrete shell, with no walls or windows, and surrounded by grey rubble.
State media blamed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels for the attack.
On Thursday, Interior Minister Efkan Ala accused the same group of attacking a convoy carrying the country's main opposition party leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. One security official was killed in the incident...
Source: Al Jazeera News and agencies
26/8/16
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The bomb was exploded at a checkpoint outside the headquarters on Friday, after the attackers failed to pass the guards there, state media said. The blast was followed by an armed battle between the police and attackers.
Recep Akdag, Turkey's health minister, said that at least 11 officers were killed in the incident and four of the 70 wounded people were in critical condition.
The ministry said earlier that a dozen ambulances and two helicopters had been sent to the scene.
Predominantly-Kurdish Cizre is in Turkey's Sirnak province and it borders both Syria and Iraq.
Large plumes of smoke billowed from the attack site, footage on Turkish televisions showed. They also displayed a large three-storey building reduced to its concrete shell, with no walls or windows, and surrounded by grey rubble.
- PKK blamed
State media blamed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels for the attack.
On Thursday, Interior Minister Efkan Ala accused the same group of attacking a convoy carrying the country's main opposition party leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. One security official was killed in the incident...
Source: Al Jazeera News and agencies
26/8/16
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Related:
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