One soldier was killed late May 1 in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) car bomb attack in the Dicle district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
PKK militants detonated a bomb-laden car at the entrance of the Dicle district gendarmerie battalion command post. Specialized Sgt. Çavuş Ayyıldız was killed and 23 others, including children, were wounded. The wounded were taken to DiyarbakırMilitary Hospital with three were reported to be in critical condition.
An armed clash erupted between security forces and the militants following the attack as an air-supported operation continued in the district. Meanwhile, another four were wounded in a separate armed attack on the Dicle-Hani motorway targeting police officers.
