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Turkey bomb blast: nine reported dead in explosion at Cizre police checkpoint Turkey: deadly car bomb hits Cizre police checkpoint
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An explosion has hit a police checkpoint in the Turkish border town of Cizre, with reports of at least nine dead and 64 wounded in the latest in a spate of attacks in the country’s turbulent south-east.An explosion has hit a police checkpoint in the Turkish border town of Cizre, with reports of at least nine dead and 64 wounded in the latest in a spate of attacks in the country’s turbulent south-east.
News channel NTV showed large plumes of smoke billowing from the site after, according to Anadolu Agency, Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb. The news channel NTV showed large plumes of smoke billowing from the site after, according to Anadolu Agency, Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb.
Pictures emerging showed a building, said to be a police station, severely damaged and emergency services sifting through its wreckage. Pictures showed emergency services sifting through the wreckage of a severely damaged building, reportedly a police station.
Cizre is located in Sirnak, a province that borders both Syria and Iraq and has a largely Kurdish population. Cizre is in Sirnak, a province that borders both Syria and Iraq and has a largely Kurdish population.
💥Latest: #Turkey has lost at least 3 police officers+2 civillians in #pkk car bomb attack in #Cizre w many injured. pic.twitter.com/8lkkvOxpuX💥Latest: #Turkey has lost at least 3 police officers+2 civillians in #pkk car bomb attack in #Cizre w many injured. pic.twitter.com/8lkkvOxpuX
Militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ party, or PKK, have carried out a string of car bomb attacks on police and military in recent months. Militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ party, or PKK, have launched a string of car bomb attacks on police and military targets in recent months. Violence between the PKK and the security forces resumed last year, after the collapse of a fragile peace process.
Violence between the PKK and the security forces resumed last year, after the collapse of a fragile peace process.
This week Turkey sent more tanks into Syria and warned a Kurdish militia to withdraw from frontline positions, after pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters captured a key border town from Islamic State.This week Turkey sent more tanks into Syria and warned a Kurdish militia to withdraw from frontline positions, after pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters captured a key border town from Islamic State.
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