(VOVworld) – Three people were killed and 45 others were injured on Tuesday in a car bomb attack against police forces in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir.

Police vehicles are seen near the site of a bomb attack in Diarbakir, Turkey, May 10, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Mert Macit)

Arrests were made the same day of suspected members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK). Diyarbakir province has been unstable for months and has seen a series of attacks by PKK gunmen.

Seven police officers were killed and 27 people wounded when a car bomb hit a police vehicle in Diyarbakir province at the end of March.

Turkey has been rocked by waves of violence since a ceasefire between the PKK and security forces collapsed in July.