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Bombing in Diyarbakir injures 7
The Associated Press / Cizre
16 June 2007
A bombing on a busy street in Diyarbakir early Friday injured seven
people, including a noncommissioned army officer, the city’s chief
prosecutor said.
The device – pipe bomb hidden in newspapers and attached to a bicycle
– exploded near bus stops used by army vehicles to pick up military
personnel, Chief Prosecutor Durdu Kavak said.
In the past, PKK terrorists, have carried out bombings in Diyarbakir.
Turkish leaders are debating whether to launch a cross-border
offensive into northern Iraq, from where PKK terrorists, stage attacks
into Turkey. The Turkish military has been carrying out several anti-
terror offensives within Turkey and has massed troops along the border
with Iraq.
The terrorists have stepped up attacks on Turkish troops and more than
two dozen soldiers or pro-government village guards have been killed
in several attacks since May 24. Turkish troops have killed 25
terrorists during the same period, according to the military.
Friday’s blast shattered windows, and shredded newspaper was scattered
around the street.
One of the injured, a local shop owner, was in serious condition,
Kavak said.
"There was a terrifying explosion as I was walking," Servet Sengun, a
high-school student, was quoted as telling the private Dogan news
agency. "All of a sudden, I found myself lying on the ground."
On Thursday, terrorists killed a Turkish army corporal in a clash near
the town of Karakocan in Elazig province, the governor’s office said.
In a separate attack, the terrorists killed a Turkish army major and
injured two other soldiers in a roadside bomb attack near the town of
Yuksekova in Hakkari province, bordering Iraq and Iran.
A day earlier, the PKK declared a unilateral cease-fire in attacks
against Turkey. The terrorist group, however, insisted on the right to
defend itself. Turkey has ignored the statement.
