Bomb blast injures six in SE Turkey
Saturday, 16 June 2007
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 15 (Reuters): A bomb exploded at a bus station in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey Friday, injuring five civilians and a soldier, security officials said.
The bomb targeted the city's busiest street and a bus station used by army and civilian transport.
The region was already tense due to mounting clashes between Turkish troops and separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas that have fuelled talk of a possible major Turkish army incursion into northern Iraq to attack rebel bases there.
In recent weeks dozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed in suspected attacks by the PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Turkey.
There was no claim of responsibility for the latest bombing.
The police launched an operation in Diyarbakir-the largest city in the restive southeast-after the blast and bomb experts tried to determine what type of explosive had caused it.
Financial markets, rattled recently by the talk of an army incursion into Iraq, were largely unmoved by the bombing.
The bomb targeted the city's busiest street and a bus station used by army and civilian transport.
The region was already tense due to mounting clashes between Turkish troops and separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas that have fuelled talk of a possible major Turkish army incursion into northern Iraq to attack rebel bases there.
In recent weeks dozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed in suspected attacks by the PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Turkey.
There was no claim of responsibility for the latest bombing.
The police launched an operation in Diyarbakir-the largest city in the restive southeast-after the blast and bomb experts tried to determine what type of explosive had caused it.
Financial markets, rattled recently by the talk of an army incursion into Iraq, were largely unmoved by the bombing.