Bomb blast hits Turkish military vehicle in Diyarbakir
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The site of an explosion in the mainly-Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, May 10, 2016.
A bomb explosion hit a Turkish military vehicle in Diyarbakir Friday, injuring eight soldiers.
Diyarbakir Provincial Governor’s Office said in a statement that members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had planted the bomb on the road linking Diyarbakir to the city of Silvan, and set it off as the soldiers’ car passed by.
“Eight soldiers in the armored vehicle have been wounded. The wounded soldiers have been taken to hospital after they were given first aid treatment,” the statement said.
The PKK recently attacked a military vehicle in Nusaybin. A dozen police officers were injured. The militants detonated a roadside bomb as the military vehicle was traveling along a road in the area.
A shaky ceasefire between the PKK and the Turkish government collapsed in July 2015, and attacks on Turkish security forces have soared ever since.
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