What the records say
- When
- 2018
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 8
- Coordinates
- 37.56° N, 41.38° E
Placed at the town its title names, Gercüş.
2018 Gercüş bombing
Terrorist incident in Turkey
The 2018 Gercüş bombing happened in Gercüş, Batman Province in Umutlu village on 4 October 2018 around 6:00 (EEST) when Kurdistan Workers' Party militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb when an armoured personnel carrier carrying soldiers to Dargeçit, Mardin Province. 8 soldiers died and 1 other was heavily injured as a result.
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