2016 Cizre bombing

2016 Cizre bombing
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
LocationCizre, Şırnak, Turkey
Coordinates37°20′23.1″N 42°11′46.0″E / 37.339750°N 42.196111°E / 37.339750; 42.196111
Date26 August 2016
06:45 (UTC+03:00)
TargetCizre District Police Department, Riot Control Police checkpoint
Attack type
Car bomb, suicide attack
Deaths13
Injured78
PerpetratorsKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
AssailantMustafa Aslan
MotiveAnti-Turkish

The 2016 Cizre bombing was a suicide bombing by PKK member Mustafa Aslan in Cizre, Turkey. The assailant used a car bomb to attack a police checkpoint outside the police headquarters. Twelve police officers and Aslan were killed in addition to 75 police officers and three civilians injured.