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Turkey blames PKK for bomb attack in Cizre

Friday, 26 August 2016 12:47 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 26 August 2016 12:47 PM ]

Smoke rises the destroyed police headquarters on August 26, 2016 in Cizre, southeastern Turkey after a suicide truck bombing killed eleven Turkish police officers and injured 78 people, in an attack. ©AFP

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