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PKK Militants’ Attack Kills One Army Serviceman in Southeast Turkey

© AP Photo / Cagdas ErdoganMilitants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, run as they attack Turkish security forces in Nusaydin, Turkey, Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, run as they attack Turkish security forces in Nusaydin, Turkey, Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - Sputnik International
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A Turkish security forces serviceman was heavily injured in an attack carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern Sirnak province, and later succumbed to his wounds in a hospital, local media reported Tuesday.

Armed Kurdish militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) stand behind a barricade of concrete blocks during clashes with Turkish forces on September 28, 2015, at Bismil, in Diyarbakir - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) According to the Daily Sabah newspaper, the Kurdish PKK group, considered to be a terrorist organization by Ankara, targeted the Turkey’s Gormec Battalion with long-barrel weapons late on Monday. Turkish troops reportedly returned fire, causing the militants to flee.

Following the attack, Ankara launched an air-supported operation to capture the militants, the paper reported.

Tensions between Ankara and Turkish Kurds escalated in July 2015 when a ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK collapsed over a series of terrorist attacks, allegedly committed by PKK members.

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