DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Dec 16 ― Eight Turkish police officers were wounded today when a bomb exploded in a roadside vehicle as their minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, security sources said.

The blast occurred overnight some 10km (6 miles) south of the centre of Diyarbakir, the largest city in the region.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants have all carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. ― Reuters