8 policemen killed, 45 wounded in Turkey car bomb attack

Over 50 people were injured Friday in a car-bomb attack at a police checkpoint, which authorities blamed on Kurdish militants, the state-run news agency reported.


Anadolu Agency said the powerful explosion hit a checkpoint some 50 meters (yards) away from a police station in the town of Cizre, in Sirnak province. It said the blast caused severe damage to the police station.

The Health Ministry said it had sent 12 ambulances and two helicopters to the site.

Militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, have carried out a string of car-bomb attacks on police and military targets in recent months.

Violence between the PKK and the security forces started last year, after a fragile two-year peace process between the government and militant group collapsed. Hundreds of security force members have been killed since.

The PKK is considered a terror organization by Turkey and its allies.

Source: AP