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Explosion at police building in Turkey's DiyarbakÄ±r confirmed terror attack: interior minister

12 April 2017 09:16 (UTC +04:00)

The explosion that occurred on April 11 at a police building in the southeastern province of DiyarbakÄ±r was a terror attack, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said, APA reported citing Hurriyet Daily News.

In an interview with private broadcaster Habertürk, Soylu said the attack was staged through a tunnel dug from outside and was placed with explosives.

Previously, the DiyarbakÄ±r Governor’s Office stated that the explosion had occurred during the repair of a police panzer in the additional building of police headquarters in the central BaÄŸlar district.

One police officer and two civilian personnel were killed in the explosion.

Separately, five suspects were detained on April 12 as a part of the investigation into the attack, DoÄŸan News Agency reported.

The police building was the scene of an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) car bomb attack on Nov. 4, 2016, that killed nine people and injured over 100.