2016 Elazığ bombing

2016 Elazığ bombing
Location	Elazığ, Elazığ Province, Turkey
Date	18 August 2016 09:20
Attack type	Car bombing, suicide bombing
Deaths	6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	217
Perpetrator	PKK
Assailant	Çekdar Mahir Serbest

The 2016 Elazığ bombing was a car bombing targeting a police station in Elazığ, Turkey on 18 August 2016 a Thursday. Attack was perpetrated by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Six people including one perpetrator died in the attack and 217 others were injured. Two people were arrested related to the attack.^[1][2][3] The PKK claimed that the attack had killed more than 100 police officers while wounding over 150.^[4] The next day, crowds were protesting the assault on the police headquarters.^[4]

References

1. "Elazığ saldırısını PKK üstlendi". Al Jazeera Turk - Ortadoğu, Kafkasya, Balkanlar, Türkiye ve çevresindeki bölgeden son dakika haberleri ve analizler (in Turkish). 3 May 2017. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
2. "Elazığ emniyetine düzenlenen bombalı saldırıyı PKK üstlendi". Diken. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
3. "Elazığ Emniyeti'ne bombalı araçla saldırı! 5 şehit, 217 yaralı!". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
4. "PKK claims deadly car bomb attack on Turkish police station". France 24. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2022-05-17.