2010 Hakkâri bus attack

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2010 Hakkâri bus bombing
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Location Geçitli, Hakkâri Province,  Turkey
Date 16 September 2010 (UTC+4)
Target Civilian passenger minibus
Attack type
 Roadside bomb
Deaths 10
Injured 3

The 2010 Hakkâri bus attack occurred on 16 September 2010 when nine people have died and three were injured, including a 15-month-old baby, after an explosion on a minibus in the village of Geçitli, Hakkâri Province, Turkey.[1] The initial death toll was 8, then it raised at 10.[2][3] The death toll in the minivan was 10, and according to the U.S. Department of State, the PKK was responsible.[4]

Attack

The attack occurred when a remote-controlled device exploded, on a minibus passing through the Turkish village of Gecitli in southeastern Hakkari near the borders with Iraq and Iran. The bus was carrying villagers.[5] Resul Kaya, the mayor of the nearby town of Durankaya, said that nine people died when the bus hit a landmine. Security officials said it was a remote-controlled explosive device left in the road.

See also

2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing

References

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