Turkey police HQ hit by deadly bomb blast

A woman and a baby are reported to be among
the dead. Rescuers are searching through the
rubble at the scene in Cinar district, Diyarbakir
province.
The bomb was detonated at the entrance of the
police complex, officials say. The blast also
damaged nearby residential buildings.
The attackers then reportedly fired rockets at the
headquarters.
Diyarbakir province has seen violent clashes
between PKK separatists and the Turkish army in
recent months.
Last year, the city of Diyarbakir and a number of
other areas in the south-east were put under
curfew as part of a security crackdown.

This followed a bomb blast that left 16 soldiers
dead and a rebel ambush that killed 14 police
officers - both incidents in the east.
A ceasefire between the army and the PKK
collapsed in July, and Turkish jets have since
bombed PKK bases in northern Iraq and the army
launched a ground operation there.
Turkey is also part of a US-led coalition that has
been carrying out air strikes against Islamic State
(IS) militants in Iraq and Syria.
However, Ankara has been accused of hitting
mostly PKK targets, angering Kurds who are
themselves fighting IS in the two countries.
Officials blamed the blast on Kurdistan Worker's
Party (PKK) militants, who are active in the
mainly Kurdish province.
No group has so far said it carried out the attack.