| 2016 Elazığ bombing | |
| Location: |  Elazığ, Elazığ Province, Turkey |
| Date: | 18 August 2016 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: | Car bombing, suicide bombing |
| Fatalities: | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injuries: | 217 |
| Perp: | PKK |
| Assailant: | Çekdar Mahir Serbest |
The 2016 Elazığ bombing was a car bombing targeting a police station in Elazığ, Turkey on 18 August 2016 a Thursday. Attack was perpetrated by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Six people including one perpetrator died in the attack and 217 others were injured. Two people were arrested related to the attack.[1] [2] [3] The PKK claimed that the attack had killed more than 100 police officers while wounding over 150.[4] The next day, crowds were protesting the assault on the police headquarters.