A Turkish official says a auto bomb attack on a police station in the eastern Turkey has killed a police officer and two civilians.
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Prime minister Binali Yildirim cancelled his day’s schedule and was heading to Elazig with Mr Isik and General Hulusi Akar, head of the armed forces, sources at Mr Yildirim’s office said. At least 14 of them were in serious condition.
The attack was carried out using a handmade bomb that detonated as the armoured vehicle drove by, the agency added.
Images on Turkish television showed severe damage to the building, with a large plume of black smoke rising from the headquarters.
He said that the 3 killed were all civilians while two of the 40 wounded were police. “When one’s duty ends, the other takes up the duty”.
The Anadolu Agency, however, put the number of injured at 71.
Clashes between the Kurdistan worker’s party, or PKK, and Turksih forces have been ongoing since a peace process crumbled in 2015. Rights groups say about 400 civilians have also been killed.
It is proscribed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.
On Thursday, authorities imposed a temporary blackout on media coverage of the bombing in Elazig, citing “public order and national security” concerns.
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Turkey frequently imposes such bans following deadly bomb attacks.
