PKK bombing kills seven in Turkey

AFP, CINAR, Turkey: Seven people were killed, including three children, and 39 wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants that ripped through a police station and an adjacent housing complex for officers’ families in southeastern Turkey. Two civilians were killed in the initial bombing by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the town of Cinar and three more lost their lives when a building collapsed due to damage caused by the blast, the governor’s office of Diyarbakir province said in a statement. One policeman was also killed, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, adding: “I vehemently condemn the attack.” Security sources told AFP the victims killed in the building collapse included a five-month-old baby, a boy aged five and a girl aged one.

PKK bombing kills seven in Turkey

AFP, CINAR, Turkey: Seven people were killed, including three children, and 39 wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants that ripped through a police station and an adjacent housing complex for officers families in southeastern Turkey. Two civilians were killed in the initial bombing by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the town of Cinar and three more lost their lives when a building collapsed due to damage caused by the blast, the governors office of Diyarbakir province said in a statement. One policeman was also killed, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, adding: I vehemently condemn the attack. Security sources told AFP the victims killed in the building collapse included a five-month-old baby, a boy aged five and a girl aged one.