He said a bomb inside a auto blew up as a police vehicle passed by, according to the Associated Press. A soldier was killed and six others were wounded in a auto bomb attack against a military outpost in April.
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Turkish police officers stand near the scene of a blast after an explosion in Istanbul, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The ultimate target being human beings, he says, is the main point and each attack will be grieved over equally regardless of who it affects.
The wounded have been taken to the nearest hospitals.
In May, three people were killed in a auto bombing by Kurdish rebels against a gendarmerie station in Midyat and, in April, a soldier was killed and six others wounded in a vehicle bomb attack against their outpost in Mardin.
Emre Rende, a freelance journalist reporting from Istanbul, said the “bus was targeted by a remotely detonated vehicle bomb before a second blast believed to have been caused by a gas canister”.
NATO, the European Union and countries worldwide express solidarity with Turkey in aftermath of attack on a police vehicle.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry said no Malaysians were among victims of a terrorist attack in Istanbul yesterday which killed several people, including policemen and injured scores of civilians. Meanwhile, the police detained four people in a hunt for the perpetrators, state media said.
Turkey has struggled to generate tourism revenue as the country grapples with an armed Kurdish insurgency and growing threats from the Islamic State militant group.
The blast happened on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s fight against terrorists will continue to the end.
Both attacks were blamed on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, and a pair of attacks in Ankara that were claimed by Kurdish separatists and killed dozens.
“We are ready to give up our shops as long as our lives are safe”, added the shopkeeper, who did not give his name.
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An estimated 500 Turkish security personnel have been killed while fighting with the Kurdish rebels since July 2015, according to the military, which claims to have killed 4,900 PKK militants in Turkey and northern Iraq.
