ANKARA — Kurdish insurgents have begun using rockets in Turkey.
Officials said the Kurdish Workers Party has acquired rocket-propelled
grenades for strikes against government and police targets in Turkey. They
said the RPGs have come from neighboring Iraq.
On late April 4, PKK fighters launched RPGs toward a police station in
Bingol in southeastern Turkey, Middle East Newsline reported. Officials said a police officer was killed
and seven others were injured.
It was the first report of the use of rockets, identified as the RP-7,
by the PKK in its latest insurgency campaign. In 2005, the PKK declared a
renewal of hostilities against Ankara.
On Wednesday, the office of the ruling Justice and Development [AKP]
Party was rocked by an explosion. Three people were injured in the blast,
which caused extensive damage to the party office in Istanbul.
The PKK has used A-4 plastic explosives in attacks. Officials said
police found 10 kilograms of A-4 on April 4 in an Istanbul cemetery near
the AKP office.
