May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing | |
Partof: | Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
Location: | Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Target: | Police vehicle carrying suspected members of the PKK |
Date: | 10 May 2016 |
Time: | 10:50 |
Timezone: | GMT+2 |
Type: | Car bomb |
Fatalities: | 3 |
Injuries: | At least 45 |
Perpetrators: | People's Defence Forces, the armed wing of the PKK |
The May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing was a car bomb attack on an armored police vehicle in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey on Tuesday 10 May 2016 at approximately 10:50 local time.[1] The attack, which targeted a police vehicle that was carrying officers escorting seven recently arrested Kurdish militants, killed 3 people and wounded at least 45 others including 12 police officers.[2] The vehicle was carrying seven detainees, suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)[3] to a routine health check.[4] The PKK's armed wing, the People's Defense Forces (HPG), later claimed that one of its trucks was transporting explosives and got shot, making it explode.