Turkish police have arrested 10 suspects in connection with an attack on police that left four dead and several others injured in Diyarbakir. The arrests came after a series of raids on homes in the mainly Kurdish-populated southeastern city.
Two unknown assailants opened machine-gun fire on a police vehicle Wednesday, killing four officers and their driver. Five more officers injured in the attack remain in serious condition. Ankara blames the attack on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants.
The incident came as Turkey's parliament Wednesday extended the government's mandate to order strikes against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq.
The motion gives Ankara another year-long authorization for cross-border operations against PKK hideouts in northern Iraq. Turkey charges that thousands of PKK militants are holed up in the region.