Earlier this week, the Civil Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl, YPS) and the women's organisation YPS-JIN have announced a "revenge offensive against imperialists and their accomplices" in Northern Kurdistan.

According to a press statement issued by YPS on Sunday, a police station in Amed (Diyarbakir) was hit with explosives on the evening of May 8. The police station is located on the Melikahmet Street in the district of Sur. The number of dead or injured couldn’t be clarified.

In another action, YPS set a truck of an "AKP collaborator" on fire in the Istanbul district of Esenyurt on 28 April, according to the statement.

In Turkey and Northern Kurdistan, various militant groups have been carrying out actions for quite some time, mainly against buildings and vehicles. Apart from the YPS and YPS-JIN, groups are operating under the name of "Children of Fire" and "Revenge Units". The urban guerrillas of the Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (Halkların Birleşik Devrim Hareketi, HBDH) also repeatedly draw attention to their cause with actions in various parts of the country.

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