Car bomb outside police station in eastern Turkey kills 3, injures 40

On Wednesday, a car bomb went off outside of a police station in the eastern Turkish city of Van, killing at least three people and injuring 40, the state news agency Anadolu reports.

Of the injured, 38 were civilians and two were police officers, Van's deputy governor, Mehmet Parlak, said. Anadolu said Kurdish militants are suspected of being behind the bombing. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but since peace talks broke down in 2015, there have been several clashes between Turkish forces and the PKK.

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