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Bomb attack in eastern Turkey kills 10 police officers

Ten Turkish police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in the eastern Turkish province of Igdir on Tuesday, a government official told Reuters.

Supporters of Nationalist Movement Party shout slogans against PKK as they hold Turkish flags during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 September 2015. (EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU)

Supporters of Nationalist Movement Party shout slogans against PKK as they hold Turkish flags during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 September 2015. (EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU) Source: EPA

The attack came amid a surge in violence between the state and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants.

Turkish warplanes struck PKK targets in northern Iraq on Tuesday, two days after a militant attack killed 16 soldiers in Turkey's southeast. (Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall)


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