TURKEY-POLICE/PKK Turkish police officer killed in southeast amid escalating violence

Record ID: 149327

  • Title: TURKEY-POLICE/PKK Turkish police officer killed in southeast amid escalating violence
  • Date: 23rd July 2015
  • Summary: DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY (JULY 23, 2015) (REUTERS TV) VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN AT ATTACK SITE POLICE CAR ATTACK SITE MARKERS ON THE ROAD VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN AT ATTACK SITE SPECIAL POLICE FORCES ARRIVING ON SITE SANDAL NEXT TO MARKERS ON ROAD VARIOUS OF ATTACK SITE POLICEMAN HOLDING GUN IN NARROW STREET
  • Embargoed: 7th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVACJY0HGGU57LYYXUR8B4G10UYS
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Turkish police officer was shot and killed and another wounded on Thursday (July 23) in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
    The shooting is the latest in a series of attacks that began with a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State, security sources said.
    It occurred in the centre of Diyarbakir, and came a day after two police officers were killed in an attack in Ceylanpinar on the Syrian border.
    In a separate incident on Thursday, a Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes with Islamic State across the Syrian border.
    Militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack.
    Authorities said a 20-year-old Turkish citizen with links to Islamic State blew himself up on Monday (July 20) in the town of Suruc, about 160 km from Ceylanpinar, killing 32 people and wounding more than 100 others.
    The victims included Kurds.
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