Explosion in Turkey: 17 dead - UPDATED

  09 October 2016    Read: 1450
Explosion in Turkey: 17 dead - UPDATED
Terrorist attack in Semdinli resulted in death of 17 people, including 9 servicemen with 27 others wounded, NTV reported.

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13:48

Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb explosion near a gendarmerie post in the Semdinli district of the Hakkari province in southeast Turkey, local media reported on Sunday.

Death toll in explosion in Turkey has reached risen 9 people, TRT Haber reported.

30 people have been hospitalized.

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13:13

Another five soldiers were injured in the explosion, according to the NTV broadcaster.

Turkish security forces have repeatedly carried out operations against members of the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) outlawed by Ankara in the Hakkari province.

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