4 policeman die in Turkish blast -- reports

Turkish news agencies say four policemen are dead and 14 people wounded in an explosion near a bus terminal in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in the southeast of the country.

The state-run Anadolu Agency says a bomb detonated as a special forces vehicle passed by and that civilians are among the wounded.

The private Dogan news agency reports the same toll and attributes the cause of the explosion to a car bomb. The agency blames “terrorists” for the incident, using the government designation for Kurdish rebels.

An opposition politician based in Diyarbakir, Omer Tastan, confirms an explosion in the city, which has suffered renewed violence between security forces and Kurdish militants.

— AP