A bomb planted by PKK terrorists ripped through an armoured police vehicle in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, killing three police officers, wounding three others, security officials said.

They said the bomb was believed to have been detonated by remote control on the road between the main southeastern city of Diyarbakır and the town of Silvan.

Renewed violence in Turkey has come in the wake of the July 20 Suruç bombing which was allegedly carried out by ISIS and left dozens of people dead. The subsequent PKK-linked murder of two Turkish police officers at their home sparked a new wave of conflict in the country.

The Turkish government has intensified its counterterror operations following the recent attacks carried out by the PKK, which is recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S., the EU and Turkey.

Formed in 1978, the terrorist group has been fighting the Turkish government for an independent state until the early 2000's. The group then shifted its goal to autonomy in predominately Kurdish inhabited regions of Turkey.