Turkey attack: PKK says it tunnelled explosives under police HQ

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Turkey attack: PKK says it tunnelled explosives under police HQ

The blast happened just days ahead of a referendum on expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has said it was behind an attack on a police HQ in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday which left three people dead, including a police officer.

A statement on a PKK website on Wednesday said its militants had planted more than 2.5 tonnes of explosives beneath the compound.

Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the incident was a "terror attack", one day after he indicated it was an accident. He initially said the blast occurred during repairs on armoured vehicles.

The attack came just days ahead of a referendum on expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers.

The local authorities said 177 people had been detained over the latest deadly attack to rock the city this year.

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