Two officers killed, 35 wounded in PKK car bomb attack

Two police officers have been killed while 35 people, including two civilians, have been wounded in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) car bomb attack and ensuing clashes in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin. 

PKK militants staged a car bomb attack on the traffic branch office in the ?pekyolu neighborhood of Nusaybin at 5:45 a.m. on March 4, the Mardin Governor's Office announced in a written statement. 

The explosion was followed by clashes as militants opened fire with long-barreled weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, causing the police to return fire. 

Meanwhile, a fire erupted inside the police building and the adjacent lodgings due to the impact of the explosion. 

The governor's office said two police officers were killed in the attack, while 33 people from police families and two civilians were also wounded. 

"Two wounded people are in surgery in Mardin State Hospital while two others are in surgery in K?z?ltepe State Hospital," it said, adding that lightly injured persons were being treated at Nusaybin State Hospital.

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