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Four police officers have been killed and about 20 people wounded after an explosion hit a passing police vehicle in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır on Thursday, according to a government official. A security source said the injured also included civilians. | |
Broadcaster Habertürk TV said the blast on Thursday hit near a bus station in the city, the largest in the mainly Kurdish southeast. Ambulances rushed to the scene, Habertürk said. | Broadcaster Habertürk TV said the blast on Thursday hit near a bus station in the city, the largest in the mainly Kurdish southeast. Ambulances rushed to the scene, Habertürk said. |
The southeast has been scorched by waves of violence since a ceasefire between the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the government collapsed last July. | The southeast has been scorched by waves of violence since a ceasefire between the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the government collapsed last July. |
Prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, whose government has waged a relentless campaign against PKK rebels since last summer, was due on Friday to make a rare visit to Diyarbakir. | Prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, whose government has waged a relentless campaign against PKK rebels since last summer, was due on Friday to make a rare visit to Diyarbakir. |
Hundreds of security forces members, rebels and civilians have been killed since the PKK resumed its more than three-decade insurgency after a fragile truce collapsed last summer. | Hundreds of security forces members, rebels and civilians have been killed since the PKK resumed its more than three-decade insurgency after a fragile truce collapsed last summer. |
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