BAKU, Dec. 16. /TurkicWorld/
At least 8 Turkish police officers and a civilian have been wounded after a car bomb exploded on Dec. 16 as their minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Turkish officials have said, reports TurkicWorld with the reference to Hurriyet Daily News.
“There was an explosion in a parked vehicle at 5:10am (02:10 GMT) as a police vehicle was going to work in Diyarbakır,” Interior minister Süleyman Soylu said.
Two people believed to be the perpetrators of the blast have been detained, he said.
The Diyarbakır governor’s office said the bomb had not critically hurt anyone, but nine people who were in the minibus were taken to the hospital for checkups.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but previously the PKK terror organization organized several attacks in the region.
