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2 car bombs in Turkey kill 11, wound 226

First bombing took place late Wednesday at a police station in Van claiming civilian lives; hours later bombing at police headquarters killed a handful of officers; authorities blame Kurds.

Two car bombings targeted police stations in Turkey, killing at least 11 people and wounding at least 226 others, officials said Thursday.

 

 

A car bombing attack on a police station in the eastern province of Van late Wednesday killed a police officer and two civilians. At least 73 other people—53 civilians and 20 police officers—were wounded, officials said.  

 

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Car bombing in Turkey

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Authorities blamed that attack on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has launched a campaign of car bombings targeting police stations or roadside bomb attacks on police vehicles.

 

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car bombing at police station in Van

 

Last week, PKK commander Cemil Bayik threatened increased attacks against police in Turkish cities.

 

Hours later, another car bombing hit police headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig early Thursday, killing at least three police officers and wounding 146 other people. At least 14 of them were in serious condition.

 

Mahmut Varol, the deputy mayor for Elazig, told Haber Turk television that the explosion occurred on the grounds of the police headquarters and caused cars parked nearby to catch fire.

 

 

Video footage showed a large plume of smoke rising from the area. Cars were overturned and the windows of the four-story building and its wings were blown out.

 

Fighting between the PKK and Turkey's security forces resumed last year after a fragile peace process collapsed. Since then, more than 600 Turkish security personnel and thousands of PKK militants have been killed, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. Human rights groups say hundreds of civilians have also died in the clashes.

 

Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict since the PKK took up arms for autonomy in southeast Turkey in 1984. Turkey and its allies consider the PKK a terrorist organization.

 


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