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Report: blast at Turkish school injures at least 5 children Blast at Turkish school injures 5 students
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ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish media report says suspected Kurdish militants have hurled an explosive device at a middle school in the mainly-Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, injuring at least five children. ANKARA, Turkey — Suspected Kurdish militants hurled a hand-made explosive device at a middle school in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Friday, injuring five students, officials said.
The Dogan news agency says the attack occurred in Diyarbakir’s Baglar district on Friday, the last day of school when students receive report cards before a winter break. The attack targeted the Celebi Eser middle school in Diyarbakir’s Baglar district on the last day of school when students receive report cards before a winter break, the regional education official Adnan Hurata told the state-run Anadolu Agency.
Turkey’s security forces are fighting militants linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in Diyarbakir’s historic Sur district. Authorities are enforcing a 24-hour curfew as the security forces press ahead with large-scale operations to rout out the militants. Turkey’s security forces are fighting militants linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in Diyarbakir’s historic Sur district. Authorities are enforcing a 24-hour curfew in Sur as the security forces press ahead with large-scale operations to rout out the militants. A Turkish human rights group says more than 160 civilians have been killed since August, caught up in the conflict in the rural areas.
There was no immediate information on the injured students’ conditions. The PKK has targeted schools in the past because it opposes the Turkish education system, which it says aims to assimilate Kurds. All five students were hospitalized but none of them is in serious condition, Hurata said.
The Kurdish rebel group, which wants autonomy for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, has targeted schools in the past because it oppose the Turkish education system, which it says aims to assimilate Kurds.
Fighting between the PKK and the security forces reignited in July, shattering a two-yea-old peace process that aiming to end the three-decade conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people.
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