The February 2016 Lice bombing occurred on 18 February 2016 in
Lice
Louse (: lice) is the common name for any member of the infraorder Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera was previously recognized as an order, until a 2021 genetic study determined th ...
, a city in
Diyarbakır Province,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. The bombing consisted of a roadside bomb that killed 6 soldiers and injured another.
The Kurdish
HPG forces claimed responsibility for the attack.
See also
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March 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
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2008 Diyarbakır bombing
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2015 Diyarbakır rally bombing
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February 2016 Ankara bombing, which occurred the day before
References
Military operations involving Turkey
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2016
February 2016 crimes in Asia
Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks
Terrorist incidents in Diyarbakır Province
February 2016 in Turkey
Improvised explosive device bombings in 2016
Improvised explosive device bombings in Turkey
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Terrorist attacks attributed to Kurdish militant groups