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Policeman killed in bomb blast in
southeast Turkey
3.7.2006
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ANKARA, July 2,
2006 (AFP) , -- A policeman was killed in an
accidental explosion Sunday in southeastern Turkey
as a bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish
rebels was being defused, a local official said.
The explosion took place near the entrance to the
town of Kocakoy, to the northeast of Diyarbakir, the
biggest city of the mainly Kurdish region,
Diyarbakir governor Efkan Ala told the Anatolia news
agency.
Ala said the bomb was laid by "terrorists", the
official jargon used to describe rebels from the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
More than 37,000 people have been killed since 1984
when the PKK, blacklisted as a terrorist group by
Turkey, the European Union and the United States,
took up arms for Kurdish self-rule in southeast.
The rebels have stepped up their violent campaign
this year and are blamed for a number of deadly bomb
attacks in urban centres this year.
AFP
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