Turkey: 11 dead from the explosion in Tsizre. The PKK claimed responsibility

Turkey: 11 dead from the explosion in Tsizre. The PKK claimed responsibility



11 was the number of people killed and 78 wounded by the explosion of the car bomb today morning in the city Tsizre, in southeastern Turkey, reported a while ago the NTV network.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack on the police headquarters in Tsizre of Sirnak province in southeast Turkey. The PKK also said he did not view the leader of the Turkish opposition to an attack that occurred yesterday in northeastern Turkey. The government had said that the PKK targeted the convoy of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the secular Republican People's Party (PKK), who escaped unscathed.

Earlier in the pro-government news agency Anadolu was broadcast at least eight policemen are among the dead.

The Turkish security forces are often the target of attacks carried out by the PKK, after the collapse of the 2015 ceasefire, in which dozens of soldiers and policemen have lost their lives.

The PKK has increased its attacks in recent weeks, after the failed military coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 15 July.

Two injured are hospitalized in serious condition after the blast.

While Health Minister Recep Akdag had earlier told reporters in Istanbul that wounded beyond 70, but the death toll remains unclear.

Previously the agency Reuters had broadcast citing hospital sources, that nine people were killed and at least 64 injured.

The attack destroyed the headquarters of the police unit to deal with riots and dense smoke have covered the skies in the region, according to images broadcast by CNN Turk television network.

The car bomb exploded 50 meters from the police building, near a checkpoint, according to Anadolu.

Twelve ambulances and two helicopters have been sent to the region, announced the Ministry of Health.