Islamic State claims car bombing in southeastern Turkey

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Islamic State claims car bombing in southeastern Turkey
By Thomas Joscelyn | November 4th, 2016

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for massive car bombing in the city of Diyarbakir, which is in southeastern Turkey. Citing the government-run Anadolu Agency, the Associated Press reported that at least nine people (two policemen and seven civilians) were killed and upwards of 100 more were wounded. The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency claimed the blast hours after it rocked the city.

Citing a “security source,” Amaq claimed: “Fighters from the Islamic State set off a car bomb parked in front of the headquarters of the Turkish police in Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey.”

Turkish authorities quickly blamed the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a US-designated terrorist organization. But assuming the Islamic State’s claim is accurate, the so-called caliphate’s men carried it out just two days after Abu Bakr al Baghdadi called for attacks inside Turkey.

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