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| Turkey car bomb attack: Several wounded in blast at police checkpoint | |
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| Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have exploded a car bomb at a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey. Several people were wounded. | Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have exploded a car bomb at a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey. Several people were wounded. |
| Anadolu Agency says the attack on Friday targeted a checkpoint some 50 metres away from a police station in the town of Cizre, in Sirnak province. It said the blast caused severe damage to the police station. | Anadolu Agency says the attack on Friday targeted a checkpoint some 50 metres away from a police station in the town of Cizre, in Sirnak province. It said the blast caused severe damage to the police station. |
| 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 carried out a string of car bomb attacks on police and military 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. |
| More follows... | More follows... |
| Associated Press | Associated Press |