Death toll from blast in southeast Turkey rise to 11: Turkish TV

Cizre, Turkey, 26 August. - (ANA) - At least 11 people were killed and 78 wounded in a blast at a police headquarters in Turkish town of Cizre in the largely Kurdish southeast, broadcaster NTV reported.

NTV did not cite a source for the casualty figures.

The state-run Anadolu news agency blamed the attack on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a militant group that has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy and has been involved in almost daily clashes with security forces since a ceasefire collapsed more than a year ago. - (ANA) -

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