One dead, 27 injured in explosion in Turkey

by gleiseo3 on 2012-02-14 10:22:34

A civilian was killed and 27 other people were injured, including seven police officers, in an explosion that apparently targeted a police car in southeastern Turkey, an official said. The private news agency Dogan reported that the police had to use tear gas Timberland Women’s Classic Tall to disperse an angry crowd www.truereligionjeansgunstig.com at the scene of the explosion in the predominantly Kurdish city of Hakkari. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but Kurdish rebels who have fought for autonomy in the region have carried out roadside bomb attacks against military and police vehicles there in the past. Governor Muammer Tüker told the Turkish state agency Anadolu True Religion Günstig that the explosion happened on a busy street as the police vehicle drove by. TRT, Turkey's state television, said the explosion was caused by a bomb planted at the roadside targeting the police. The pro-Kurdish news agency Firat reported that the explosion was caused by a bomb that left a large crater in the ground and shattered windows of surrounding buildings. Kurdish rebels, who belong to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which has been branded as terrorists by the U.S. and the European Union, have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people during their fight for independence since 1984.

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