Gaziantep Bombing (other)
Gaziantep bombing may refer to: *2012 Gaziantep bombing * May 2016 Gaziantep bombing *August 2016 Gaziantep bombing On 20 August 2016, a suicide bomber targeted a Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep, Turkey. 57 people were killed and 66 injured in the attack, 14 critically. Attack On 20 August 2016, a suicide bomber targeted a wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey ...

2012 Gaziantep Bombing
The 2012 Gaziantep bombing was a terrorist bomb attack which occurred in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey on 20 August 2012, the second day of the three-day celebrations of "Şeker Bayramı" (Eid-ul-Fitr) that refers to the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Attack The bomb blast occurred at 19:45 in local time. Bombs were planted in a truck and remotely detonated near Karşıyaka police station in Şehitkamil district, one of the most crowded areas of the city. The police station was the target of the attack. As a result of the explosion, two public buses caught fire, increasing the casualties. Many other cars parked on the street and shops were also badly damaged by the blast. Casualties The attack killed eight people. The next day, a 12-year-old girl died of her wounds. Four of the dead were children. The number of wounded people have been reported by ''Hürriyet'' to be 66, some of whom were policemen. Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay later said the wounded numbered ...
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May 2016 Gaziantep Bombing
On 1 May 2016, a car bombing took place in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. The bombing took place at 09:17 (UTC+3) in front of the police headquarters along the thoroughfare Prof. Dr. Muammer Aksoy Boulevard. 2 police personnel were killed and 22 people, consisting of 18 police personnel and 4 civilians, were injured. The perpetrator was also killed. Background The bombing occurred at a time when Turkey was targeted by successive bombings from Kurdish and Islamist organisations alike. The most recent bombing had occurred on 27 April in Bursa. Gaziantep Police had recently conducted a number of operations against active Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Islamic State (IS) cells in the city. According to reports in the Turkish media, Gaziantep Police had intelligence about such an attack that could be made to coincide with May 1st. Bombing The bombing took place around 10 metres away from the police headquarters, near Demokrasi Square where the governor's office, town hall, K ...
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