Four police have been killed and twenty people injured after a suicide car bomber hit a police bus in the mainly Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Reuters reports, citing a government official.
There are both civilians and police among the injured, as the explosion took place near a bus stop.
#BREAKING
💥A car bomb attack on a #Turkish security convoy/ bus just in the center of #Diyarbakir. pic.twitter.com/m5ilyATZDI— taylieli (@taylieli) March 31, 2016
Three of those injured were members of Turkey’s security forces, AFP reports.
Many ambulances have been sent to the scene.
VIDEO: Resident of Diyarbakir @SidarSimsek films several emergency vehicles at the scene of the explosion.pic.twitter.com/601uK8B7br
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) March 31, 2016
huge explosion in #Diyarbakir South East #Turkey pic.twitter.com/AGfIQ1Mrhu
— Putintintin (@putintintin1) March 31, 2016
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