May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing | |
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Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |
Location | Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Date | 10 May 2016 10:50 (GMT+2) |
Target | Police vehicle carrying suspected members of the PKK |
Attack type | Car bomb |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | At least 45 |
Perpetrators | People's Defence Forces, the armed wing of the PKK |
The May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing was a car bomb attack on an armored police vehicle in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey on Tuesday 10 May 2016 at approximately 10:50 local time. [1] The attack, which targeted a police vehicle that was carrying officers escorting seven recently arrested Kurdish militants, killed 3 people and wounded at least 45 others including 12 police officers. [2] The vehicle was carrying seven detainees, suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) [3] to a routine health check. [4] The PKK's armed wing, the People's Defense Forces (HPG), later claimed that one of its trucks was transporting explosives and got shot, making it explode. [4]