About 11 individuals were killed and more than 120 hurt after a string of vehicle bombs targeting police stations exploded in Turkey. The car bombing attack on a police station in the eastern province of Van late Wednesday lead to death of an officer and 2 civilians. Dozens of other individuals, consisting of some 20 cops officers, were wounded, officials stated.
The attack targeted a cops headquarters in the main Ipekyolu district of Van city, Van governorate official Mehmet Parlak was noted by according to state-run Anadolu news company, blaming the “regional terror group”, the official phrase for the PKK.
After some hours, one more car bombing struck police head office in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig early today, killing about three cops office officers and wounding about 100 individuals, the state-run Anadolu Agency stated.
The third attack was a roadside blast targeted a military automobile carrying soldiers in the southeast of the country.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim took a trip to Elazig to check out the place of the bombing in addition to those injured in the attack. He told press reporters there that both the PKK and the Gulen movement were guided by the exact same “intelligence” intent on causing Turkey damage, without elaborating.
