Five killed in attack on police bus in Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Four police trainees and a civilian were killed and many other people were wounded in an attack on a police bus in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the interior minister said. Unidentified assailants armed with guns and explosives attacked the vehicle on a busy street on the outskirts of the city of Diyarbakir. A spokesman of the illegal Kurdistan Workers' Party claimed responsibility for the attack. "This incident happened in Diyarbakir inside the Turkish border this morning, where a Turkish patrol opened fire on PKK positions, so our fighters fired back and killed four of them and wounded more than 30," said PKK spokesman Ahmed Danees. He said there were no casualties among PKK fighters. Kurdish separatist guerrillas frequently target Turkey's armed forces and police in the mainly Kurdish... [read full story]