2018 Gercüş bombing

The 2018 Gercüş bombing happened in Gercüş, Batman Province in Umutlu village on 4 October 2018 around 6:00 (EEST) when Kurdistan Workers' Party militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb when an armoured personnel carrier carrying soldiers to Dargeçit, Mardin Province. 8 soldiers died and 1 other was heavily injured as a result.

2018 Gercüş bombing
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015-present)
Location Umutlu village, Gercüş, Batman Province, Turkey
Date4 October 2018 (4 October 2018)
06:00 (EEST)
TargetTurkish soldiers
Deaths8
Injured1
Perpetrators Kurdistan Workers' Party
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