6 Killed, over 200 Injured as Wave of PKK Attacks Hit Eastern Turkey

Three police officers were killed in a car-bomb attack on a police station Thursday in eastern Turkey's province of Elazig, state run Anadolu Agency reported, blaming the attack on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants.
 
Speaking to reporters, Elazig Governor Murat Zorluoglu said at least 146 people, including civilians, had been injured.
 
According to Turkey’s Health Ministry, some of the injured are in critical condition.
 
The blast came hours after two other attacks hit the eastern city of Van and Hakkari, a province in southeastern Turkey.
 
Three people, including a police officer, died in Turkey’s Van attack, which also injured over 70 people.
 
Van Governor Ibrahim Tasyapan said PKK terrorists detonated a car bomb near a police station in the city's Ipekyolu district shortly after 11 p.m. local time, Wednesday.
 
Tasyapan said a suspect was caught during an operation launched after the attack and confirmed that many buildings in the area had been damaged.
 
In Hakkari, two police officers were hurt in an attack by the PKK, a security source added.
 
The source told Anadolu Agency the officers were wounded when PKK militanta opened fire on police headquarters in the province’s Semdinli district.