Sep 16, 2012

8 Police Killed in Turkey Explosion

8 Police Killed in Turkey Explosion: Security officials in Turkey say a roadside mine blast has killed eight police officers and wounded six.

Authorities blame the attack Sunday on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, saying the mine was detonated when a police vehicle was passing through the Karliova district of Bingol province.

Rebels from the outlawed PKK are active in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast.

More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have been killed since the PKK took up arms in 1984 to demand ...

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