An explosion shook the residence of a district governor in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on Thursday and wounded several people including the governor, security sources said.

They said several ambulances had been sent to the scene of the blast in Mardin’s Derik district.

There was no immediate confirmation on the cause of the blast. However, Ihlas news agency said the explosion had been caused by a rocket attack by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants.

Thousands of militants, security force members and civilians have been killed in a renewed conflict since a two-year-old ceasefire between the PKK and Turkish state collapsed in July last year.

Source: Agencies