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Turkey seeks to identify child suicide bomber

Turkey seeks to identify child suicide bomber

Aug 22, – The attack late Saturday on a street wedding in the city of Gaziantep was latest in a devastating series of bombings in Turkey at a time when the country is riven by internal upheaval and shaken by the civil war in neighbouring Syria. Turkish authorities were on Monday scrambling to identify a […]

August 22, 2016 | By | Reply More
30 killed, 94 hurt in wedding attack in Turkey

30 killed, 94 hurt in wedding attack in Turkey

Aug  21, – Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the “barbaric” attack in the city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria, on Saturday appeared to be a suicide bombing. Other officials said it could have been the carried out by either Kurdish militants or Islamic State group extremists. A bomb attack targeting an outdoor […]

August 21, 2016 | By | Reply More
Turkish cities hit by deadly bombings blamed on PKK

Turkish cities hit by deadly bombings blamed on PKK

Aug  18, – Turkish leaders on Thursday accused the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of waging three attacks in less than 24 hours that for the first time struck areas in the east that are not predominantly Kurdish. Suspected Kurdish rebels have carried out a wave of deadly bombings in Turkish cities in what appears […]

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Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station

Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station

Aug 18, – Police and ambulances were seen rushing in, according to another broadcaster, the privately owned Dogan news agency. Three people were killed and 40 were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police station in Turkey’s eastern province of Van near the Iranian border on Wednesday, state broadcaster TRT said, citing the […]

August 18, 2016 | By | Reply More
Six people killed in PKK car bombing in Turkey’s southeast- deputy PM

Six people killed in PKK car bombing in Turkey’s southeast- deputy PM

Aug  15, – Twenty-one people, some of the police officers, were wounded in the bombing on a busy road between the city of Diyarbakir, the region’s largest, and the district of Bismil, Deputy Prime Ministers Numan Kurtulmus said. A car bomb killed six people including four police officers and a child outside a police station […]

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Bomb attacks, cross-border fire kill 13 in southeast Turkey- sources

Bomb attacks, cross-border fire kill 13 in southeast Turkey- sources

Aug 11, – A PKK commander had warned at the weekend of fresh attacks, saying police “will not be able to live as comfortably as they did in the past in cities.” Bomb blasts in two cities in southeast Turkey killed nine civilians and wounded dozens on Wednesday, security sources said, and blamed the Kurdistan […]

August 11, 2016 | By | Reply More
War turns Ukraine into ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons

War turns Ukraine into ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons

Aug  06, –  The war in eastern Ukraine against Russia-backed separatists has led to the uncontrolled spread of firearms throughout the country, with experts describing Ukraine as a “supermarket” where millions of illegal weapons are for sale. A former Ukrainian soldier-turned-arms dealer agrees to meet in Kiev, where he offers to sell a Makarov semi-automatic […]

August 6, 2016 | By | Reply More
Fire kills 13 after birthday cake falls to floor in French bar

Fire kills 13 after birthday cake falls to floor in French bar

Aug 06, – The fire broke out in the basement of the popular Cuba Libre bar and quickly engulfed the room where some 20 people were celebrating, filling it with thick black smoke and poisonous fumes, a Rouen police officer told Reuters. A fire swept through a bar in the northern French city of Rouen […]

August 6, 2016 | By | Reply More
London police say knife attack leaves 1 dead, 5 hurt

London police say knife attack leaves 1 dead, 5 hurt

Aug 04, – A 19-year-old man was arrested in Russell Square, in the city centre, which was cordoned off after the attack as police swarmed the area. A woman was killed and five people injured in a knife attack in central London Wednesday which police said they are investigating for possible terrorist links. A woman […]

August 4, 2016 | By | Reply More
Twin PKK attacks kill 4 Turkish soldiers- report

Twin PKK attacks kill 4 Turkish soldiers- report

Aug  01, – Three soldiers were killed during a military operation in Ordu, located on the Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey, the province’s governor said in comments carried by private Dogan news agency. Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed four Turkish soldiers Sunday in two separate attacks, local media reported. Irfan […]

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