Six Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attacks: army
Hundreds of members of Turkish security forces have been killed by PKK in attacks since a truce collapsed a year ago
A Turkish police officer stands guard along a street leading to where a female suicide bomber was killed on January 6, 2015, when she blew herself up in an attack on the police station in the main tourist district of Istanbul PHOTO: AFP
ISTANBUL:
Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Friday killed six Turkish soldiers in two separate attacks in the troubled southeast of the country, the army said.
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a gun attack by PKK members in the Derik district of Mardin province in the early morning, it said.
Less than an hour later, four Turkish troops died in a roadside bomb attack by the PKK in the Hakkari province of the extreme southeast of the country, it added.
Militant Kurdish group TAK claims Istanbul bombing
Hundreds of members of the Turkish security forces have been killed by PKK in attacks since a truce collapsed a year ago.
However the government has vowed no let-up in a relentless campaign to wipe the militants from urban centres of Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey.
Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Friday killed six Turkish soldiers in two separate attacks in the troubled southeast of the country, the army said.
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a gun attack by PKK members in the Derik district of Mardin province in the early morning, it said.
Less than an hour later, four Turkish troops died in a roadside bomb attack by the PKK in the Hakkari province of the extreme southeast of the country, it added.
Militant Kurdish group TAK claims Istanbul bombing
Hundreds of members of the Turkish security forces have been killed by PKK in attacks since a truce collapsed a year ago.
However the government has vowed no let-up in a relentless campaign to wipe the militants from urban centres of Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey.