Thursday, September 16, 2010

Roadside bomb kills 10 in Turkey

A roadside bomb attack has killed 10 people travelling on a minibus in the latest violence to shake Turkey's turbulent south-east, where Kurdish guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy for decades, authorities said.
Turkish troops have launched an operation to hunt those believed to be behind the attack, which also injured four people including a 15-month-old baby near the village of Gecitli in the rugged Hakkari province bordering Iran and Iraq, Hakkari Governor Muammer Turker said.

People at the site of the explosion near the village of Gecitli,Turkey (AP)


Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press ahead with the fight against the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, adding: "These kinds of incidents will not deter us. Terrorism has a cost but it will not remain unanswered."

A brief scuffle broke out between Kurdish villagers when soldiers arrived to investigate, after some villagers allegedly refused to hand over a bag they found, CNN-Turk television said. Soldiers could be seen firing shots into the air while a youth was shown throwing a rock at troops.

http://www.herald.ie/breaking-news/world-news/roadside-bomb-kills-10-in-turkey-2339696.html

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