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PKK Car Bomb Kills Soldier in Southeastern Turkey – Turkish General Staff

© REUTERS / Sertac KayarTurkish soldiers patrol in Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey February 26, 2016
Turkish soldiers patrol in Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey February 26, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The Turkish General Staff has accused the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of carrying out a car bomb attack that reportedly killed a soldier and injured five more people in the Derik district of the Mardin province in southeastern Turkey, according to a statement issued on Wednesday.

An ambulance drives to Istanbul Police department headquarters , on April 1, 2015 in Istanbul - Sputnik International
PKK Bomb Attack Kills 3 Turkish Soldiers in Country’s East
ANKARA (Sputnik) – The clashes that broke out last summer between the Turkish government and the PKK, an organization in favor of Kurdish independence that Ankara considers to be a terrorist group, have reportedly claimed the lives of over 350 soldiers and police officers and over 5,000 Kurdish insurgents.

“On May 4, in the Derik district of the Mardin province an explosive-laden vehicle was detonated by members of the terrorist organization PKK near a gendarmery station where the military dormitory is also situated. One soldier was killed, four others were injured. A member of a soldier’s family was also wounded,” the Turkish General Staff said in the document.

 

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