Seven police killed in bomb attack in Turkey’s Diyarbakir

March 31, 2016 628 0


Seven police killed in bomb attack in Turkey’s Diyarbakir –

Diyarbakir (Turkey) (AFP) – Seven Turkish police officers were killed and at least 27 people wounded on Thursday in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned should show the world the “true face” of terror in the country.

The attack blamed on Kurdish militants took place on the eve of a rare visit by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose government has waged a relentless campaign against Kurdish rebels since last summer, to central Diyarbakir on Friday.

Speaking to AFP, a regional security source said a remotely-operated car bomb went off as a police vehicle drove past the city’s main bus terminal. Of the 27 wounded, 14 were civilians and 13 police.


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