At least two people were killed after attackers dug a tunnel and detonated explosives under a Turkish police compound, officials have said.
The explosion, which flattened part of the facility in Diyarbakir, was initially believed to have been triggered during the repair of an armoured vehicle.
However, Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu said it "was the result of a terrorist attack" which was carried out "through a tunnel dug from outside".
He said a technician working at the compound was trapped under the rubble and died, and a policeman was also killed.
State-run news agency Anadolu reported a third victim died, while 12 others were injured.
Mr Soylu said: "We scan the surrounding of our police buildings approximately once in every month, so as not to encounter any threat.
"It means they had placed it in a short period of time."
The minister did not say who was believed to be behind the blast, but Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants have previously carried out similar attacks on police and military compounds in southeast Turkey.
The PKK is designated as a terror group by Turkey, the US and the EU.
The blast comes just days ahead of a referendum on changing the Turkish constitution and giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more powers
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