ANKARA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people rallied in Turkey's southeastern city of Hakkari on Saturday to protest against the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

    Waving Turkish flags and chanting slogans, the demonstrators condemned the PKK bomb attack in the mainly Kurdish city of Hakkari on Wednesday.

    A remote-controlled bomb went off as a military vehicle guarding a school bus was passing by on a highway in Hakkari on Wednesday, injuring 21 people, including 11 children.

    Hasan Oztunc, speaking on behalf of the crowd, said that the PKK must end its attacks and underlined that people living in eastern and southeastern regions of the country supported Turkish state.

    More than 30,000 people have been killed since the PKK launched an armed campaign for an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey.

    A PKK-affiliated group that calls itself the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons has claimed responsibility for dozens of bombings for the past three months. Enditem