{"id":765,"date":"2010-09-16T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=765"},"modified":"2010-09-16T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T11:43:17","slug":"deadly-blast-hits-southeast-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/09\/16\/765\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly blast hits southeast Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"turkey-blast\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/turkey-blast.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"194\" \/>At least eight people have been killed in a blast on board a minibus in southeast Turkey, local officials have said. At least three others were injured.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident occurred on Thursday near the village of Gecitli in Hakkari province, bordering Iran and Iraq.<br \/>Security officials said a remote-controlled explosive device hid on the road had caused the blast.<br \/>Governor Muammer Guler of Hakkari said that in addition to those killed, three others, including a baby, were injured in the explosion.<br \/>The governor said Turkish troops launched an operation to hunt down Kurdish rebels believed to be behind the attack.<br \/>Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters have frequently carried out attacks in the region in the past, but such attacks generally target the military.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Civilian bus&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On first glance, this had the hallmarks of what we&#8217;ve seen in the past, of attacks on vans carrying soldiers on military supply routes,&#8221; said Al Jazeera&#8217;s Anita McNaught, reporting from the city of Van, about 100km from where the blast happened.<br \/>&#8220;But this appears to have been a civilian bus, and as such poses a number of puzzles. The PKK on the whole don&#8217;t tend to target civilians, so are we looking at a change in tactic, or an accident? Or, as always a possibility in Turkey, is this a third actor, taking a civilian target on in order to create instability and cast the PKK or another actor in a bad light?&#8221;<br \/>Only last month did the PKK declared a ceasefire, which is not due to expire until September 20.<br \/>Before the ceasefire deal was struck, there had been an upsurge in violence since June, when the PKK ended a previous 14-month unilateral ceasefire.<br \/>Several thousand PKK fighters are based in the mountains of northern Iraq, from where they regularly launch raids in southeast Turkey.<br \/>The group took up arms in their fight for autonomy in 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have since died in the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Al Jazeera and agencies<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least eight people have been killed in a blast on board a minibus in southeast Turkey, local officials have said. 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