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Islamic State claims responsibility for Turkey car bomb

5 November 2016 12:30 (UTC+04:00)
Islamic State claims responsibility for Turkey car bomb

BY Trend

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday that killed eight people and wounded more than 100, Reuters reported.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said earlier on Friday that Kurdish militants were responsible for the attack, and that one suspected member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was also killed in the blast.

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