2016 Elazığ bombing

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. The PKK claimed that the attack had killed more than 100 police officers while wounding over 150. The next day, crowds were protesting the assault on the police headquarters.

2016 Elazığ bombing
Location Elazığ, Elazığ Province, Turkey
Date18 August 2016
09:20
Attack type
Car bombing, suicide bombing
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured217
PerpetratorPKK
AssailantÇekdar Mahir Serbest
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