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Five killed, 39 wounded in PKK bomb attack in southeast Turkey

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AFP Istanbul
Five people were killed and 39 wounded today in a car bomb attack by Kurdish militants on a police station and adjacent housing for officers in southeastern Turkey, the provincial governorate said.

Two people were killed in an initial car bomb attack by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the town of Cinar while three more lost their lives when a building collapsed due to the damage sustained, the governor's office of Diyarbakir province said in a statement quoted by Turkish media.

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First Published: Jan 14 2016 | 11:22 AM IST

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