2016 Cizre bombing
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The 2016 Cizre bombing was a suicide bombing by PKK member Mustafa Aslan in Cizre, Turkey. The assailant used a car bomb to attack a police checkpoint outside the police headquarters. Twelve police officers and Aslan were killed in addition to 75 police officers and three civilians injured.
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Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) | |
Location | Cizre, Şırnak, Turkey |
Coordinates | 37°20′23.1″N 42°11′46.0″E |
Date | 26 August 2016 06:45 (UTC+03:00) |
Target | Cizre District Police Department, Riot Control Police checkpoint |
Attack type | Car bomb, suicide attack |
Deaths | 13 |
Injured | 78 |
Perpetrators | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) |
Assailant | Mustafa Aslan |
Motive | Anti-Turkish |
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