Non-fatal injuries 3 Location Geçitli, Yüreğir Suspected perpetrator Kurdistan Workers' Party | Start date September 16, 2010 Total number of deaths 10 Locations Hakkâri Province, Geçitli | |
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Target Civilian passenger minibus Attack type Improvised explosive device Similar March 2016 Diyarbakı, 2016 Bursa bombing, 2012 Gaziantep bombing, 2015 Sabiha Gökçen A, 2010 Istanbul bombing | ||
The 2010 Hakkâri bus bombing occurred on 16 September 2010 and resulted in nine people being killed and three others injured, including a 15-month-old baby, after an explosion on a minibus in the village of Geçitli, Hakkâri Province, Turkey. The initial death toll was eight, and later rose to ten. The death toll in the minivan was ten, and according to the U.S. Department of State, the PKK was responsible.
Attack
The attack occurred when a remote-controlled device exploded on a minibus passing through the Turkish village of Gecitli in southeastern Hakkari, near the borders with Iraq and Iran. The bus was carrying villagers. Resul Kaya, the mayor of the nearby town of Durankaya, said that nine people died when the bus hit a landmine. Security officials said it was a remote-controlled explosive device left in the road.