The May 2016 Dürümlü bombing (also known as Dürümlü massacre in Turkey
) was a
truck bombing that took place in Dürümlü hamlet in
Diyarbakir's
Sur district, Turkey on 12 May 2016 at approximately 22:30 local time. As a result of the attack 16 villagers were killed and 23 villagers were wounded. The
People's Defence Forces
The People's Defence Forces (, HPG) was the military wing of the group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). During the 7th Congress of the PKK in January 2000, the HPG replaced the former military wing of the PKK, the People's Liberation Army of Ku ...
(HPG), the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), accepted that the truck was driven by members of the HPG, but the HPG also claimed that the explosives should have detonated elsewhere and that the truck only detonated as villagers opened fire on the truck.
See also
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February 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
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March 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
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May 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
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November 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
References
2016 murders in Turkey
2010s in Diyarbakır
21st-century mass murder in Turkey
Car and truck bombings in Turkey
Car and truck bombings in 2016
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks
Mass murder in 2016
Mass murder in Diyarbakır
May 2016 crimes in Asia
Terrorist incidents in Diyarbakır
Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2016
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