PKK suicide bomber targets Turkey’s Hatay in terror attack, no casualties reported 

  27 October 2020    Read: 1303
 PKK suicide bomber targets Turkey’s Hatay in terror attack, no casualties reported 

A suicide bomber targeted an avenue in Iskenderun district of southern Turkey’s Hatay province late Monday, killing himself, AzVision.az reports citing Daily Sabah.

Hatay Governor Rahmi Doğan said in a tweet that no casualties have been reported so far.

Two PKK terrorists were apprehended by the police upon suspicious activity and one of them exploded a bomb, Doğan also added.

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu released a statement later in the day, saying that both terrorists have been neutralized by Turkish security forces.

The PKK terrorist group torched forests in Hatay just two weeks ago, and it is well-known that the militants are trying to gain a foothold in the province that sits on the Syrian border, where they have the YPG/PYD as their Syrian wing.

The explosion took place on the Fener Avenue of the district as the road has been cut off for traffic.

Ambulances, fire squads and additional police force have been dispatched to the scene.

The PKK, which is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union, has waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than four decades and has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women and children.


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