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Minibus explosion in Turkey leaves eight dead
An explosion aboard a minibus in southeast Turkey has left eight people dead and three wounded near the village of Gecitli in Hakkari province near the borders of Iraq and Iran.
Mayor of the nearby town of Durankaya, Resul Kaya said nine people died when the minibus hit a landmine. Security officials said it was a remote-controlled explosive device left in the road.
Militants of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have frequently carried out such attacks, however generally directed towards military targets. The PKK declared a cease fire last month, which is not due to expire until September 20.
Before that cease-fire there had been an upsurge in violence between the military and the rebels since June, when the PKK ended a previous 14-month unilateral cease-fire. Thousands of PKK guerillas are based in the mountains of northern Iraq, from where they regularly launch raids in southeast Turkey
The group took up arms against Turkey in 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, died in the fighting.
