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Eight killed by roadside mine in Turkey: security sources


Sunday, 16 September, 2012 , 08:42

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 16, 2012 (AFP) — Eight police officers were killed and six others were wounded in a roadside mine blast Sunday blamed on Kurdish rebels in Turkey's southeast, local security souces said.

The members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched the attack as a police vehicle was passing in the Karliova district of Bingol province, the sources said.