2 killed, 24 hurt in blast at police base

Armed attacks by PKK militants have been rising

Two security force members were killed and 24 were wounded in a suicide bombing overnight by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, also known as PKK, in Turkey's eastern province of Agri, the local governor's office said in a statement on Sunday.

Two metric tones of explosives were detonated in a tractor loaded at a police outpost in the Dogubeyazit district of Agri province, bordering Iran, the governor's office said.