Seven dead, 10 wounded as planted bomb hits minibus in Turkey's Diyarbakir

At least seven civilians were killed and 10 others seriously injured Thursday (Sep. 12) when the PKK terrorists targeted a vehicle carrying forestry workers with an improvised explosive in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakir, the local governor's office said.

In a statement, the Diyarbakır Governorate said the terrorist attack occurred in the Kulp district at around 6 p.m. (05:00GMT).

The PKK terrorists used improvised explosives to target the vehicle carrying the villagers who were heading to the forest to collect wood, the statement added. Many medical and gendarmerie teams rushed to the scene of the explosion.

Initially, four people were killed in the last and the 13 wounded civilians were taken to the Kulp State Hospital. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu later updated the death toll to seven.

"Our seven brothers were martyred by an improvised explosives blast while the vehicle was carrying them. Rest in peace. We had 10 injured, and one was immediately discharged," Soylu said following his visit to the injured at hospitals in the Diyarbakır province.

Soylu added that two of the injured being treated at Selahaddin Eyyubi Hospital were seriously wounded.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed condolences for those killed in the attack and wished a speedy recovered to the injured. He said that all means would be employed to apprehend the perpetrators of the deadly PKK attack.

Based on Daily Sabah