Turkey: At least 11 killed, over 226 wounded in PKK car bomb attack
At least 11 people were killed and over 120 injured after a string of car bombs targeting police stations exploded in Turkey. A car bombing attack on a police station in the eastern province of Van late Wednesday killed a police officer and two civilians. Dozens of other people, including some 20 police officers, were wounded, officials said.
The attack targeted a police headquarters in the central Ipekyolu district of Van city, Van governorate official Mehmet Parlak was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency, blaming the “regional terror group”, the official phrase for the PKK.
Hours later, another car bombing hit police headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig early today, killing at least three police office officers and wounding close to 100 people, the state-run Anadolu Agency said.