District police

A Bulgarian man was seriously injured this morning when he was hit by a car in Birkirkara, the Maltese newspaper The Independent writes.

The accident took place at around 11:15am in Mannarino Street, the police said. 

One police officer has been killed while two others have been wounded in an attacked by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of ??rnak.

PKK militants allegedly launched an attack against an armored vehicle belonging to the anti-terror police with a rocket-propelled grenade late on Dec. 22, wounding three officers on duty inside the vehicle. 

Bangladesh's oldest brothel has been shut down following pressure from local clerics and politicians amid rising conservatism in the Muslim-majority country, police said Monday.