May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
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LocationDiyarbakır, Turkey
Date10 May 2016
10:50 (GMT+2)
10:50 (GMT+2)
TargetPolice vehicle carrying suspected members of the PKK
Attack type
Car bomb| May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing | |
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| Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |
 Diyarbakır Province highlighted within Turkey | |
| Location | Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Date | 10 May 2016 10:50 (GMT+2) |
| Target | Police vehicle carrying suspected members of the PKK |
Attack type | Car bomb |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | At least 45 |
| Perpetrators | People's Defence Forces, the armed wing of the PKK |
The May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing was a car bomb attack on an armored police vehicle in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey on Tuesday 10 May 2016 at approximately 10:50 local time.[1] The attack, which targeted a police vehicle that was carrying officers escorting seven recently arrested Kurdish militants, killed 3 people (Kurdish militants) and wounded at least 45 others including 12 police officers.[2] The vehicle was carrying seven detainees, suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)[3] to a routine health check.[4] The PKK's armed wing, the People's Defense Forces (HPG), later claimed that one of its trucks was transporting explosives and got shot, making it explode.[4]
