At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in two bomb blasts in southern Turkey on Wednesday, a senior official said. Five civilians were killed and 12 people, including five police officers, were injured during the bomb attack, according to a statement by the governor’s office.
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The Minister reported at least four people were killed and 30 others were wounded, including five police officers, when a homemade roadside bomb exploded in the southeastern Mardin province late yesterday.
About 30 civilians and 10 police officers were wounded.
Pictures showed the force of the explosion caused considerable damage to nearby buildings and vehicles in the Mardin bombing.
Two separate terrorist attacks in Turkey yesterday claimed several lives but none of them were Georgian citizens, say official sources.
The attacks came hours after an earlier attack near the border with Iraq, also blamed on the PKK, killed four soldiers and injured nine others.
Turkey and its allies consider the PKK a terror organization.
More than 60,000 people, including many in the military and police have been detained, suspended or placed under investigation since the coup attempt, in which rogue soldiers commandeered tanks and warplanes to try to take power.
Almost half of all generals have been imprisoned or dismissed, raising concerns about the coordination of the fight against Kurdish rebels. “The Turkish authorities are faced with hard challenges, due also to the violent acts by PKK, which is on the European Union list of terrorist organizations”, the statement said.
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More than 600 Turkish security force members have been killed by the PKK since the collapse of a ceasefire past year, according to a toll given by Anadolu on July 31. It is not possible to independently verify the toll.
