May 2016 Gaziantep bombing

May 2016 Gaziantep bombing
Part of the Turkey-ISIL conflict
LocationPolice Headquarters, Şehitkamil, Gaziantep Province, Turkey
Date1 May 2016
09:17 (UTC+3)
TargetSecurity forces
Attack type
Car bombing, suicide bombing
Deaths2 police personnel
1 perpetrator
Injured22 (18 police officers and 4 civilians)
PerpetratorIslamic State Islamic State

On 1 May 2016, a car bombing took place in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. The bombing took place at 09:17 (UTC+3)[1] in front of the police headquarters[2] along the thoroughfare Prof. Dr. Muammer Aksoy Boulevard.[3] 2 police personnel were killed and 22 people, consisting of 18 police personnel and 4 civilians, were injured.[3] The perpetrator was also killed.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cumhuriyet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Turkey: Car bomb targets Gaziantep police HQ". BBC News. May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Gaziantep Emniyet Müdürlüğü önünde patlama" (in Turkish). NTV. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Gaziantep Emniyet Müdürlüğü'ne bombalı saldırı" (in Turkish). Habertürk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

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