2018 Gercüş bombing
| 2018 Gercüş bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015-present) | |
| Location |  Umutlu village, Gercüş, Batman Province, Turkey |
| Date | 4 October 2018 06:00 (EEST) |
| Target | Turkish soldiers |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrators |  Kurdistan Workers' Party |
The 2018 Gercüş bombing happened in Gercüş, Batman Province in Umutlu village on 4 October 2018 around 6:00 (EEST) when Kurdistan Workers' Party militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb when an armoured personnel carrier carrying soldiers to Dargeçit, Mardin Province. 8 soldiers died and 1 other was heavily injured as a result.[1]
Background
The
Bombing
On 4 October 2018, around 6:00, a remote-controlled bomb hidden below the asphalt placed by PKK members on a road in Umutlu village of Gercüş was detonated when an armoured personnel carrier carrying soldiers to Yemişli village of Dargeçit, forming a 1,5 meters deep and 4,5 meters wide pit[3] while killing 4 soldiers and injuring 5 others.[4][5][6] All 5 injured soldiers were rushed to the Batman State Hospital, where 3 of them died the same day.[7][8][9] Around 16:00, one of the heavily injured soldiers, senior master sergeant Yahya Şen was transferred to a hospital in Gülhane Education and Research Hospital in Ankara but he died on the way to Ankara, increasing the death toll to 8.[10][11][12] The other soldier, Muhammet Salih Akyüz was heavily injured[13] but he survived. 7 of the killed soldiers were senior master sergeants while the other one was a non-commissioned officer.[14] It was later determined that the bomb was planted in the road several days ago, but it went unnoticed.[15] An air-supported military operation was launched in region after the attack to capture perpetrators.[3]
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