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Turkey: 4 soldiers killed in PKK attack on military vehicle
PKK terror group on Wednesday carried out two simultaneous attacks on police vehicles in southeastern Turkey, killing eight people and wounding at least 30, an official said. NTV television said 25 people were wounded in the Mardin attack and 13 people wounded in Diyarbakir.
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The official said three people, including civilians, died in a roadside bomb attack in the town of Kiziltepe.
Clashes between the PKK and Turkey’s security forces resumed previous year after a tenuous cease-fire collapsed and the PKK has frequently targeted police or military with roadside explosives or vehicle bombs.
Four civilians were killed when roadside explosives were detonated by remote control near a hospital in the town of Kiziltepe in Mardin province, near the Syrian border, in an attack targeting a bus carrying police, the sources said.
Speaking on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, the source said the PKK extremists attacked the soldiers in Habur 2 area of Uludere district in Sirnak province.
Earlier in the day, four soldiers were killed and nine wounded when militants opened fire with rockets and long-range weapons from across the Iraqi border.
The attack in Diyarbakir took place at a security checkpoint at a bridge over the Tigris river.
More than 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK began activities in 1984.
The Turkish army’s hierarchy has been badly hit in the purge since the July 15 failed coup during which a rogue military faction tried to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power. The PKK has been blamed for several terrorist attacks in the last few years.
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Activists claim innocent civilians have also been killed in the offensives.