Before Turkey had come to terms with the shock of the suicide bombing that killed 32 young activists in Suruc on July 20, news arrived that two policemen had been executed in their sleep in the town of Ceylanpinar, also in Sanliurfa province.
Soon after the murders on July 23, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility. The PKK accused the policemen of being in contact with the Islamic State (IS) and said they were executed in retaliation for the Suruc suicide bombing. Less than 24 hours later, two traffic policemen were attacked and wounded in Diyarbakir after having been lured to investigate an accident. One of them died in the hospital.
