At least 8 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in a car bombing in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Friday.
The Prime Minister told journalists that one assailant was also killed in the blast. "At least eight our citizens including two policemen were killed in the terrorist attack. One of the terrorists was also killed in the attack. More than 100 people were wounded, 93 were hospitalized," Yildirim said.
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10:24
At least 30 people injured and one dead amid powerful explosion in Turkey, Diyarbakir, local media reported Friday.
A powerful explosion that hit police headquarters in Turkish city of Diyarbakir in the south-east of the country left at least thirty people injured and one dead, local media reported Friday.
The explosion occurred in the early hours of morning near the building of Counter-terror and Riot Police Branch, NTV channel reported, citing sources in police. The police have cordoned the area, with a number of ambulances dispatched to the scene. According to the preliminary information, the explosion was carried out with a bomb-laden car.
Ambulances have been dispatched to the scene and police sealed off the area, the NTV broadcaster reported.
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09:57
News agencies said people were wounded and ambulances went to the scene after the blast early on Friday morning.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast in the Baglar district but the explosion resounded through the city.
Turkey has been plagued by a series of deadly bomb attacks in the past 18 months.
The blast came hours after leaders of a pro-Kurdish party were detained by police along with nine other legislators.
It occurred near a police station where the lawmakers apprehended in Diyarbakir had been taken, a security source said.
Police overnight arrested the joint leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP), parliament’s second-biggest opposition grouping, over a terrorism investigation.
The armed Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) have waged a three-decade insurgency in Turkey’s south-east.
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— José Miguel Sardo (@jmsardo) 4 November 2016
BREAKING: Huge #explosion has happened in #Diyarbakir hours after #Kurdish politicians were arrested. pic.twitter.com/sAnNBd3ZPh
— Ebubekir ISIK (@isik_ebubekir) 4 November 2016
