Tweet
POWERFUL BLAST KILLS 7 KILLS IN TURKEY'S TUNCELI
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 25, 2012 - 20:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A powerful explosion has rocked the eastern Turkish
city of Tunceli, killing seven people, media report, according to
BBC News.
The blast targeted a military vehicle carrying security personnel.
The city is near the country's Kurdish area and suspicion will
automatically fall upon Kurdish rebel group the PKK, according to
BBC News.
Fighting between Turkish troops and the PKK - the Kurdistan Workers'
Party - has escalated in recent months.
Turkish TV stations showed shaky footage of workers trying to put
out fires in two burnt-out vehicles.
Reports said the vehicles were blown up by remote detonation.
Several ambulances and fire engines were reported speeding to the
scene in the Ataturk neighbourhood of the city.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 25, 2012 - 20:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A powerful explosion has rocked the eastern Turkish
city of Tunceli, killing seven people, media report, according to
BBC News.
The blast targeted a military vehicle carrying security personnel.
The city is near the country's Kurdish area and suspicion will
automatically fall upon Kurdish rebel group the PKK, according to
BBC News.
Fighting between Turkish troops and the PKK - the Kurdistan Workers'
Party - has escalated in recent months.
Turkish TV stations showed shaky footage of workers trying to put
out fires in two burnt-out vehicles.
Reports said the vehicles were blown up by remote detonation.
Several ambulances and fire engines were reported speeding to the
scene in the Ataturk neighbourhood of the city.