May 2016 Dürümlü bombing

The May 2016 Dürümlü bombing (also known as Dürümlü massacre in Turkey[1][2]) 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.[3][4][5] The People's Defence Forces (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.[6][2]

May 2016 Dürümlü bombing
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Diyarbakır
Pit formed after explosion
LocationDiyarbakır, Turkey
Date12 May 2016
22:30 (GMT+2)
Attack type
Truck bomb
Deaths16 (civilians)
Injured23 (civilians)

See also

References
  1. "Dürümlü katliamı davası sanığına 17 kez ağırlaştırılmış müebbet hapis".
  2. Haber, Internet (2016-05-15). "Diyarbakır patlamasını PKK üstlendi köylüleri suçladı!" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  3. "Diyarbakır'daki patlamada ölenlerin kimlikleri belli oldu". Hurriyet. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. "Diyarbakır'daki patlamayla ilgili önemli gelişme!". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. "'İsteseler patlatmayabilirlerdi'". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. "ANF - Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê". Retrieved 27 July 2016.

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