Eight people have been killed and 100 injured in a powerful explosion outside a police building in Turkey.
The explosion happened in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
It came just hours after police detained the two co-leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party and several other MPs in a major escalation of a broader crackdown against leading Kurds.
The local governor's office said the cause of the blast "seems to be a car bomb used by members of the separatist terrorist organisation", a reference to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Two local residents said they had seen a minibus explode outside the police building in the Baglar district.
The explosion could be heard several kilometres away and a thick column of white smoke was seen rising from the site of the explosion.
[rte.ie]
4/11/16
The explosion happened in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
It came just hours after police detained the two co-leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party and several other MPs in a major escalation of a broader crackdown against leading Kurds.
The local governor's office said the cause of the blast "seems to be a car bomb used by members of the separatist terrorist organisation", a reference to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Two local residents said they had seen a minibus explode outside the police building in the Baglar district.
The explosion could be heard several kilometres away and a thick column of white smoke was seen rising from the site of the explosion.
[rte.ie]
4/11/16
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