Eighteen wounded in bomb attack in Turkey's Mersin

At least 18 people were injured on Tuesday in a bomb explosion near a police bus in Turkey's southern city of Mersin
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 19:34

18 people were wounded when a bomb hit a police vehicle in Turkey's southern Mersin province on Tuesday, an attack an attack that security sources blamed on Kurdish militants.

The attack took place on the street where the local governor's office is located and hit the police vehicle as it passed.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. The government's main spokesman, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ, said it was a terrorist attack. Armed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has targeted police in similar attacks in the past. 

Security sources said militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were believed to have carried out the attack. They also said that none of those wounded were in a critical condition.