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Turkey: Several police officers injured after bomb attack

2022-12-16T08:42:42.873Z


When police officers drove by in a minibus, an explosive device exploded in a parked car: several people were injured in an attack in Turkey.


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Forensic scientists are investigating the site of the attack near Diyarbakir

PHOTO: SERTAC KAYAR / REUTERS

Several people were injured when a bomb exploded in south-eastern Turkey.

Eight of them are police officers, reports the state news agency Anadolu.

Two of the injured would continue to be treated in hospital, the remaining seven could have already been discharged.

The incident happened in Diyarbakir province.

The explosive device detonated in a parked car when a police car drove past it early in the morning, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said.

According to Anadolu, the governor of the province, Ali Ihsan Su, spoke of a "terrorist attack".

Investigations into the incident were ongoing.

None of the victims suffered critical injuries.

The minibus was armored.

Multiple arrests

There are different statements about arrests.

According to the Reuters news agency, two suspects were arrested, but the dpa news agency wrote that five people had been arrested.

Initially, no one claimed responsibility for the attack.

In the past, Kurdish and left-wing extremists as well as Islamists had carried out attacks in Turkey.

In November, a bomb blast killed six and injured dozens in Istanbul.

Scores of people were arrested, including a Syrian woman.

No one has claimed responsibility for this attack either.

The government blames Kurdish extremists.

Both the Kurdish Workers' Party PKK, classified as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States, and the SDF alliance, which is led by Kurds in Syria, have rejected participation.

Turkey has said several times in recent weeks that it is preparing for a possible ground offensive in northern Syria.

mrc/dpa/Reuters

Source: spiegel

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