Turkey: Police officers wounded by bomb explosion, PKK blamed for the attack

Two police officers were wounded late on Monday when a bomb exploded near a residence that houses police in the southern Turkish province of Mersin.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was responsible for the attack, which occurred around 10:40 p.m. (1940 GMT), and that two women who carried out the attacks died during the explosions.

A big #explosion hits police facility in #Turkey's southern city #Mersin pic.twitter.com/ds7OZNMNtE

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The two attackers first shot at the police officer on duty and later detonated bombs that were attached to them, he said.

The attack took place in the Mezitli district of Mersin, state-owned Anadolu Agency said.

The PKK launched an insurgency against the Turkish state in 1984 and more than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

The PKK is regarded as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.