PKK bomb blast kills four, injures 13 in Turkey's southeast

The blast occurred when explosives installed on the road by Kurdish rebels detonated as a vehicle carrying villagers was passing.

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The New Arab

13 September, 2019

The PKK waged a more than three-decade old insurgency in Turkey's southeast region [AFP]

Four people were killed and 13 others wounded after Kurdish rebels detonated an improvised explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, Turkish officials said on Thursday.

The explosion on a road near the town of Kulp hit a vehicle carrying villagers who were returning home after gathering wood, the local governor's office said.

The blast caused the driver to lose control and the vehicle veered into a ditch, the private DHA news agency reported.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has waged a more than three-decade old insurgency in Turkey's mostly Kurdish southeast region.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since it started in 1984.

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