February 2016 Lice bombing

The February 2016 Lice bombing occurred on 18 February 2016 in Lice, a city in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. The bombing consisted of a roadside bomb that killed 6 soldiers and injured another.^[1][2][3][4]

February 2016 Lice bombing
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Location of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey
Location	Lice, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Date	18 February 2016 (UTC+02:00)
Attack type	Bombing, Improvised explosive device
Weapons	an explosive device
Deaths	6 soldiers
Injured	1 soldier
Perpetrators	People's Defence Forces
Motive	Kurdish-Turkish conflict

The Kurdish HPG forces claimed responsibility for the attack.^[5]

See also

• March 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
• 2008 Diyarbakır bombing
• 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombing
• February 2016 Ankara bombing, which occurred the day before