Water pipeline in southeastern Turkey district bombed

MARDIN, Turkey

A bomb damaged the main water pipeline in southeastern Mardin province’s ancient district of Midyat Sunday, according to the local municipality.

The attack was blamed on the PKK terrorist group.

The Mardin municipality’s water and sewerage authority closed the main water valve following the attack and announced that it would repair the pipeline as soon as possible.

Last Sunday, PKK supporters in Van province’s Edremit district hurled a petrol bomb at a primary school, which left the building damaged.

PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU – resumed its 30-year armed campaign against Turkey last July.

Since then, more than 350 Turkish security personnel have been martyred and thousands of terrorists killed.