Eight police officers have been killed in a car-bomb attack targeting a checkpoint in Turkey.  

Anadolu Agency says 45 people were wounded Friday in the attack that was carried out with a truck loaded with explosives near the town of Cizre, in Sirnak province.


The explosion hit a checkpoint some 50 meters (yards) from a police station. The Health Ministry says it has sent 12 ambulances and two helicopters to the site.