Bomb attacks kill seven, wound 224 in southeast Turkey

Two bomb attacks blamed on Kurdish militants killed seven members of the security forces and wounded 224 people in southeast Turkey on Thursday, officials and security sources said, in a renewed escalation of violence across the region. Three police officers were killed and 217 people were wounded, 85 of them police officers, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Offices in the police station were left in ruins and filled with smoke after the bomb exploded in front of the complex, destroying part