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Turkey: Suicide Car Bomb in Izmir Blamed on Kurdish Militants

HeadlineJan 06, 2017

In Turkey, a pair of attackers wielding guns and grenades opened fire on a courthouse in the western city of Izmir, before blowing themselves up in a car bomb attack that killed a police officer and a court employee. Turkish officials blamed the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party for the violence.

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