May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing

The May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing was a car bomb attack on an armored police vehicle in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey on Tuesday 10 May 2016 at approximately 10:50 local time.^[1] The attack, which targeted a police vehicle that was carrying officers escorting seven recently arrested Kurdish militants, killed 3 people (Kurdish militants) and wounded at least 45 others including 12 police officers.^[2] The vehicle was carrying seven detainees, suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)^[3] to a routine health check.^[4] The PKK's armed wing, the People's Defense Forces (HPG), later claimed that one of its trucks was transporting explosives and got shot, making it explode.^[4]

May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Diyarbakır Province highlighted within Turkey
Location	Diyarbakır, Turkey
Date	10 May 2016 10:50 (GMT+2)
Target	Police vehicle carrying suspected members of the PKK
Attack type	Car bomb
Deaths	3
Injured	At least 45
Perpetrators	People's Defence Forces, the armed wing of the PKK

See also

• February 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
• March 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
• 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings