Car bomb targets government buildings in Turkey, wounds 50

DIYARBAKIR: uspected Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb near local government offices in Turkey’s south-eastern city of Van on Monday, wounding scores of people,

DIYARBAKIR: uspected Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb near local government offices in Turkey’s south-eastern city of Van on Monday, wounding scores of people, a day after two dozen mayors from Kurdish-run municipalities were stripped of their office. The blast hit some 200 metres from the Van provincial governor’s office, security sources said, ripping through the city’s central district and setting buildings and cars aflame. Governor Ibrahim Tasyapan said 50 people had been wounded, including four police officers and four Iranian citizens thought to have been visiting during the Eid holiday. Security sources said they suspected the PKK was behind the bombing.

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