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| Turkey: deadly car bomb hits 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. |
| The 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 showed emergency services sifting through the wreckage of a severely damaged building, reportedly a police station. | Pictures showed emergency services sifting through the wreckage of a severely damaged building, reportedly a police station. |
| Cizre is in Şırnak, 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 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. | 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. |
| 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. |
| This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. | This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. |