2008 Diyarbakır bombing

Terrorist incident in Turkey 2008 Diyarbakır bombing Latrans-Turkey location Diyarbakır.svg Diyarbakır Province highlighted within Turkey Diyarbakır, Turkey 3 January 2008 16:50 UTC+2 Car bombing 5 110 On 3 January 2008, at an estimated local time of 16:50 (14:50 UTC), a car bomb exploded in the city of Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey.http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/20+injured+in+turkey+bombing/1265747 20 injured in Turkey Bombing Channel 4 newshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7170195.stm Four dead in Turkish car blast BBC News 2008-01-03 2010-01-01 Target First reports from the area indicated that the bomb, which exploded in the Dagkapi neighborhood of Diyarbakır on Thursday evening, targeted a military service vehicle that was carrying 46 army personnel as it passed near a school. The district is known to have a heavy Turkish military presence because due a military helicopter base, hospitals and military housings in the area. The explosion could be heard 3 km (two miles) away.https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL04481272 Turkish army vows bomb attack strengthens resolve Reuters News Agency 2008-01-04 The attack occurred during rush hour.July 2023 Casualties According to Bianet 7 people died in the attack, five were children who attended the school beside the site of the bombing.Silent March Against Violence in Diyarbakir http://m.bianet.org/bianet/human-rights/104097-silent-march-against-violence-in-diyarbakir Bianet 1 June 2020 About 110 other people were wounded, eight people seriously. Perpetrators Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast, but authorities have blamed militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whom Turkish security forces are fighting both in Turkey and in nearby northern Iraq. The state Anatolian news agency quoted prosecutors as saying that four people had been detained in connection with the blast. Earlier, security sources said 12 people had been detained. During a manifestation, Sezgin Tanrikulu, the president of the Diyarbakır Bar Association read out a message on behalf of several worker unions, criticizing the violence. Reaction Turkey: "This (bombing) is an attack against our people, especially our people in the southeast, in Diyarbakır. The terrorist organisation has never been the representative of our Kurdish citizens," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara. Erdogan also told reporters he would visit Diyarbakır two days after the bombing. General Yasar Buyukanit, head of Turkey's military General Staff, was due to visit the city on the day after the bombing. United States: This incident has once more showed the necessity of cooperation in fight against terrorism, Chase Beamer, spokesman for the Department's Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs, told A.A correspondent. Beamer also said Washington is beside Ankara in its fight against terror.http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=16086 USA condemns Diyarbakir bomb attack World BulletinSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes References 37.91441 N 40.230629 E title Category:2008 murders in Asia Category:2008 murders in Turkey 2008 bombing Category:21st-century mass murders in Turkey Category:Car and truck bombings in Turkey Category:Car and truck bombings in 2008 Category:January 2008 crimes in Asia Category:January 2008 in Turkey Category:2008 mass murders 2008 bombing 2008 bombing Category:Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2008 Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to Kurdish militant groups