Istanbul: Eight Turkish police officers were killed and nine wounded in a blast in the Karliova district of Bingol in southern Turkey, security officials said on Sunday. [caption id=“attachment_457585” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] A roadside mine was detonated by suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants when a police service bus with officers on board was passing, officials said. The outlawed PKK - considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union — took up arms in 1984 with the aim of carving out a Kurdish state. Reuters
Eight Turkish police officers were killed and nine wounded in a blast in the Karliova district of Bingol in southern Turkey, security officials said on Sunday.
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