Story highlights Two explosions targeted police stations, a third struck a military vehicle

Turkish officials have blamed the Kurdish militant group PKK for the attacks

Istanbul (CNN) Three bomb attacks targeting Turkish security forces in the east of the country have killed 11 people and wounded nearly 300 others, authorities said Thursday.

Turkish officials blame the banned militant group Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, for the attacks.

The latest incident occurred Thursday in the eastern province of Bitlis, according to a senior Turkish official, who could not be named in line with government protocol.

First, a village guard was killed and a soldier was wounded in clashes between security forces and PKK militants in the village of Nazar, state news agency Anadolu reported.

When the military vehicle was returning from the engagement, it was struck by a roadside bomb in the nearby village of Gayda, killing five soldiers and wounding four.

A Turkish soldier stands guard at the scene of the blast in Elazig.