At least eight people, mainly civilians, were killed on Wednesday in two separate bomb attacks that Turkish officials blamed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Turkey's southeast, Dogan news agency said.
Five civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in the center of the city of Diyarbakir while another three civilians lost their lives in a near simultaneous bombing in Kiziltepe in Mardin province to the south, the agency added.
The blast in Kızıltepe, south of Mardin city, was apparently set off by a bomb which exploded outside a state-run hospital as a police vehicle passed.
Pictures showed the force of the explosion caused considerable damage to nearby buildings and vehicles.
Meanwhile, an almost simultaneous second explosion occurred in Diyarbakir, some 100 kilometers to the north, killing five civilians and wounding 12 people, including five police.
Hundreds of Turkish security force members have been killed by the PKK in attacks since the collapse of a two-year ceasefire in July last year.
In response, the government has launched military operations against the Kurdish militant group, killing thousands of militants. Activists claim innocent civilians have also been killed in the military offensives.
Fighting between the military and the PKK has continued since the July 15 failed putsch in which a rogue group within the armed forces tried to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power.
Over 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK -- proscribed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States -- first took up arms in 1984.
[i24news.tv]
10/8/16
Five civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in the center of the city of Diyarbakir while another three civilians lost their lives in a near simultaneous bombing in Kiziltepe in Mardin province to the south, the agency added.
The blast in Kızıltepe, south of Mardin city, was apparently set off by a bomb which exploded outside a state-run hospital as a police vehicle passed.
Pictures showed the force of the explosion caused considerable damage to nearby buildings and vehicles.
Meanwhile, an almost simultaneous second explosion occurred in Diyarbakir, some 100 kilometers to the north, killing five civilians and wounding 12 people, including five police.
Hundreds of Turkish security force members have been killed by the PKK in attacks since the collapse of a two-year ceasefire in July last year.
In response, the government has launched military operations against the Kurdish militant group, killing thousands of militants. Activists claim innocent civilians have also been killed in the military offensives.
Fighting between the military and the PKK has continued since the July 15 failed putsch in which a rogue group within the armed forces tried to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power.
Over 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK -- proscribed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States -- first took up arms in 1984.
[i24news.tv]
10/8/16
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