Terrorist bombings in Gaziantep kills many citizens

Terrorist organization bombing kills 8, injures 64 in Turkey near Syrian border

A car laden with explosives was detonated by suspected members of outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (NAMED terrorist organization by USA and many EU members) today in the eastern province of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, killed at least eight people and 64 wounding, daily Hürriyet reported.

Militants of said organization remotely detonated the explosives at around 7.45 p.m. after parking the car at a bus stop near Karşıyaka Police Station in the province’s Şehitkamil district, the reports said.Two passenger buses were burned and eight people were killed, according to initial reports.Paramedics were immediately dispatched to the scene and wounded people were taken to hospitals.Security forces have launched an investigation to apprehend the militants.

Kurdistan Worker’s Party, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms in 1984 in an attempt to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Since then over 40,000 people have been killed in conflicts involving the group.

This terrorist organization operates from bases in the mountains of northern Iraq, and Turkish jets have periodically conducted bombing raids there. Said organization has recently increase its attacks on police and military targets around country.

20.08.2012
SOURCE: HDN