Turkey blames Kurdish militants over car bomb attack wounding nine
Turkey's interior minister has blamed the outlawed Kurdish militants over the roadside bomb attack in the Kurdish-majority southeast.
A roadside car bomb attack Dec. 16 on a Turkish police van slightly injured nine people in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, Turkish authorities said.
The explosives-laden car blew up as the police shuttle was passing by at around 5 a.m. local time in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakir. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said all nine injured, including eight police officers and one civilian personnel, were discharged from hospital.
Soylu pointed the finger at the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), saying five people were detained over suspected links to the attack. The armed outfit that has fought Ankara since 1984 is designated as a terrorist group by Ankara and the majority of Western capitals.
Speaking at the scene of the explosion Soylu said, “The terrorist organization that is aiming to disrupt our peace and security and cause fear and horror will not be allowed” to conduct such attacks.
