PKK claims deadly car bomb attack in Turkey

August 26, 2016 22:46

The Kurdistan Workers Party today claimed a deadly suicide bomb attack on Turkish police in the southeastern town of Cizre that left 11 officers dead and wounded dozens more.

"Our sacrifice team staged a comprehensive action action in Cizre that left dozens of police dead," said the PKK, which is known for exaggerating tolls.

In the statement on its website it said the attack was retaliation for the "continued isolation" of its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan and the "lack of information" about his welfare.

Ocalan is held on the prison island of Imrali off Istanbul but has not been allowed visits by lawyers or supporters for over a year.

The PKK also said it was behind an attack yesterday in the northeastern province of Artvin on a convoy carrying the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

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