Car bomb hits Turkish city of Diyarbakir

Car bomb hits Turkish city of Diyarbakir

A car bomb went off in Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır on Friday morning, injuring at least nine police officers, Sputnik reported, citing local authorities.

The incident occurred at 05:10 a.m. local time (02:10 GMT), when a car exploded near a passing bus that was carrying police officers from the special task force, according to the authorities.

The police officers were reportedly hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and no fatalities were caused by the blast.

Diyarbakır authorities said that two suspects were detained following to the incident.