At least 15 people were wounded on Tuesday in southeastern Diyarbakir province of Turkey after an explosion targeting a police vehicle, local NTV broadcaster reported.

The blast was huge and nearby buildings were destroyed, the report said, adding the wounded included civilians.

The explosion occurred when a police car was passing near a tea garden in Baglar district of Diarbakir.

On March 31, seven police officers were killed and 27 people wounded when a car bomb hit a police vehicle in Kurdish-dominated city of Diyarbakir.

Source: XINHUA