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Turkey: PKK admits bombing that claimed three lives

KURDISTAN Workers Party (PKK) fighters claimed responsibility yesterday for Tuesday’s bomb attack on a police station in Diyarbakir that killed three people.

Authorities initially said that the explosion, which killed a police officer and two civilian employees, occured during repairs to an armoured vehicle.

However, they later claimed it was a terrorist attack.

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