The incident occurred as a police minivan passed a car that was rigged with explosives
Eight police officers and a civilian were injured in southeastern Türkiye early on Friday morning, when a bomb hidden in a parked car detonated as a police minibus was passing by, Turkish officials have said.
The incident happened near a livestock market in the southern part of Diyarbakir, the provincial capital of the eponymous Turkish province, Governor Ali Ihsan Su told journalists. He described the blast as a terrorist attack.
The armored police vehicle was transporting riot officers via the highway connecting the city to Mardin in the neighboring province of the same name, Turkish media reported. The injured civilian was also inside the minibus.
It is understood that the lives of the victims are not in danger, but all nine were taken to hospital as a precaution. Seven have since been discharged, the governor said.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu…
