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| Attack on police bus claims 4 in Turkey |
| 2008-10-09 |
| At least four people have been killed and 14 others injured when suspected Kurdish militants attacked a police bus in Turkey. Gunmen opened fire on the bus, carrying employees of the local police academy, as it was passing through a residential area in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday. The victims were three police officers and the bus's civilian driver. All of the injured were police, the governor's office said in a statement. Police immediately cordoned off the area where they also found an unexploded hand grenade. Initial suspicions fell on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been fighting since 1984. An operation, supported by two helicopters, was underway to find the attackers. The ambush took place as Parliament convened in the capital of Ankara to vote on extending the government's mandate to order strikes against PKK hideouts in northern Iraq. |
| Posted by:Fred |