At least four police officers and three civilians, including a child, have been killed in a powerful auto bomb explosion outside a police station near Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakir, according to state media.
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Three people have died in a auto bombing outside a police station in southeast Turkey.
The Turkish media outlet Dogan reported that ambulances were called to the scene of the blast on the road from Diyarbakir about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Bismil. The explosion left a crater on the ground.
Officials blamed the attack on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.
The PKK launched its insurgency 32 years ago with simultaneous attacks on security forces in the southeastern towns of Eruh and Semdinli on August 15.
45 people, including 11 police officers, were wounded in the attack, with 16 people still receiving treatment as of late Monday.
At least 12 people were killed in attacks on Turkish forces in the mainly Kurdish southeast in the last week alone.
Although officials are blaming the attack on Kurdish militants, there has been no claim of responsibility.
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The attack came on the 32nd anniversary of the PKK first attack in the Eruh district of southeastern Siirt province and the Şemdinli district of southeastern Hakkari province in 1984. Turkey, the European Union and the United States have designated the PKK a terrorist group.
