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March 2016 Diyarbakır bombing

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Non-fatal injuries
  
27

Date
  
31 March 2016

Attack type
  
Car bomb

Perpetrator
  
PKK

Total number of deaths
  
7

Location
  
Diyarbakır

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Similar
  
2010 Hakkâri bus bomb, 2016 Bursa bombing, 2012 Gaziantep bombing, 2015 Sabiha Gökçen A, 2010 Istanbul bombing

A car bomb, targeting an armored vehicle transporting police personnel, exploded close to a bus terminal in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey, killing at least seven police officers and wounding 27 more people, including 13 officers, according to a joint statement by Turkish officials and the police. The attack comes one day before Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's scheduled visit to the city. There has been no claim of responsibility. CNN points out both Kurdish rebels and ISIL militants have claimed similar recent incidents.

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March 2016 Diyarbakır bombing Wikipedia