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Turkey police HQ 'hit by bomb blast' | Turkey police HQ 'hit by bomb blast' |
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A car bomb blast has hit a police headquarters in south-eastern Turkey, killing five people and injuring at least 36, local media say. | |
A woman and a baby are reported among the dead. Rescuers are searching through the rubble at the scene in Cinar district, Diyarbakir province. | |
Officials blamed the blast on Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) militants, who are active in the mainly Kurdish province. | |
No group has so far said it carried out the attack. | No group has so far said it carried out the attack. |
The bomb was detonated at the entrance of the police building, Turkish media say. The blast also damaged nearby residential buildings. | The bomb was detonated at the entrance of the police building, Turkish media say. The blast also damaged nearby residential buildings. |
Diyarbakir province has seen violent clashes between PKK separatists and the Turkish army in recent months. | |
Last year, the city of Diyarbakir and a number of other areas in the south-east were put under curfew as part of a security crackdown. | |
This followed a bomb blast that left 16 soldiers dead and a rebel ambush that killed 14 police officers - both incidents in the east. | |
A ceasefire between the army and the PKK collapsed in July, and Turkish jets have since bombed PKK bases in northern Iraq and the army launched a ground operation. |