Car bomb in Cizre, south-east Turkey, kills 11 policemen

Car bomb in Cizre, south-east Turkey, kills 11 policemen –

BBC – A car bomb in Cizre, south-east Turkey, has killed 11 policemen and injured 78.

The explosion targeted a checkpoint and left the nearby police HQ in ruins.

The banned Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, said it was behind the attack. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed to give the “vile attackers the answer they deserve”.

Cizre has often been under curfew since last July when a two-year ceasefire with the PKK collapsed, heralding a return to deadly violence.

The UN and human rights organisations have demanded an investigation into allegations that more than 100 people were burned to death while sheltering in basements in Cizre during one of those curfews.

The Turkish government has rejected allegations that it targeted civilians.

A string of PKK attacks have targeted Turkish security forces recently.