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Four police officers killed in blast in southern Turkish city Six police officers killed in blast in southern Turkish city
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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 south-eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır, according to a government official. A security source said the injured included civilians. Six police officers have been killed and about 20 people wounded after an explosion hit a passing police vehicle in the south-eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır. A security source said the injured included civilians.
Broadcaster Habertürk TV said the blast on Thursday was near a bus station in the city, the largest in the mainly Kurdish south-east. Ambulances rushed to the scene, Habertürk said. The blast detonated as a vehicle carrying special forces and riot police passed by a bus station in the city, the largest in the mainly Kurdish south-east.
The blast damaged several cars and shattered almost all the windows of a high rise building in the area. At least six ambulances deployed to collect casualties and security forces rushed to seal off the area.
The south-east has been hit by waves of violence since a ceasefire between the militant Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) and the government collapsed last July.The south-east has been hit by waves of violence since a ceasefire between the militant Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) and the government collapsed last July.
The 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 Diyarbakır.The 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 Diyarbakır.
Hundreds of security force members, rebels and civilians have been killed since the PKK resumed its more than three-decade insurgency after the truce collapsed.Hundreds of security force members, rebels and civilians have been killed since the PKK resumed its more than three-decade insurgency after the truce collapsed.
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