Off the wire
• Tokyo stocks close higher as yen's retreat lifts exporters  • Campaigning kicks off in Japan for two lower house by-elections  • CPC, UMNO vow to advance ties between China, Malaysia  • Kyrgyz president accepts resignation of prime minister  • China auto sales up 8.8 pct in March  • Rail projects account for nearly half of infrastructure investment: report  • UN confirms DPRK participation in Paris climate accord signing ceremony  • Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to visit India Wednesday  • India plans to build bridge to connect Sri Lanka  • News Analysis: Twists and turns expected as West hints on possible Russian return to G8  
You are here: 　 Home

1 soldier killed, 47 wounded in car bomb attack in SE Turkey

Xinhua, April 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

A car bombing attack rocked a military post in southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir late Monday night, killing one soldier of the Turkish security forces and wounding 47 people, including 39 soldiers, said a Turkish military statement on Tuesday.

The attack by the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants hit a Gendarmerie post in Hani District of Diyarbakir, said the statement issued by the Geneeral Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, adding that the Turkish soldiers clashed with PKK militants after the attack.

The wounded soldiers in the attack were taken to hospitals for medical treatment, said the statement.

Over 300 members from Turkey's security forces and thousands of PKK members were killed since last July during armed confrontations inside Turkey and in northern Iraq where the PKK are based.

Ankara holds the PKK responsible for waging a separatist war since 1984.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Endit