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Turkey: At least eight police killed in Cizre bomb blast

by IBNS 25 Aug 2016, 10:56 pm

Ankara, Aug 26 (IBNS): At least eight police officials were reported dead after a large car bomb hit a riot police headquarters in Cizre, south-east Turkey, media reports said.

The explosion took place at 7 am local time on Friday.

Though it is unclear who carried out the attack, the Turkish media blamed the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK.

The PKK is a designated terrorist outfit by Turkey, the European Union and the United States of America.