Four police officers reported dead in southeastern Turkey car bombing

(Associated Press)

A car bomb targeting police special forces in southeastern Turkey killed at least four officers and wounded 14 other people Thursday, state news agencies report, in the latest attack to rock the region near the Syrian border.

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The bomb exploded near a bus terminal in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, less than 100 miles north of Syria. Civilians were among the wounded, the state-run Anadolu Agency reports.
The explosion came two days after the Pentagon and State Department ordered families of U.S. service members and diplomats home from the region, citing security fears and attack plots from the Islamic State terror network.
The private Dogan news agency blamed "terrorists" for the bombing, using the government designation for Kurdish rebels.

Turkish officials have linked the Kurdistan Workers' Party, also known as the PKK, to a string of recent attacks. The group fights for Kurdish autonomy; Turkey and its allies consider it a terrorist organization.

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Violence between security forces and Kurdish militants has flared in Diyarbakır in recent weeks. The state-run Anadolu Agency said a large number of ambulances rushed to the scene of the bombing.