48 injured by PKK car bomb in east Turkey
ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have accused Kurdish militants of detonating a car bomb that wounded 48 people Monday in the eastern city of Van.
The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted a statement by the governor’s office alleging that members affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party were responsible for Monday’s blast at a police point in front of the ruling party municipal headquarters.
The statement added that 46 of the wounded were civilians, and the two others were police officers.
The governor’s office said security forces were engaged in operations to apprehend the perpetrators.