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PKK bomb martyrs 2 soldiers in SE Turkey

Türkiye Materials 28 July 2016 02:57 (UTC +04:00)

Two Turkish police officers were martyred and 11 others were wounded in an attack in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari, CNN Turk reported.

Three soldiers were martyred and one other was wounded in a PKK roadside bomb attack in Turkey's southeastern Siirt province on Wednesday, a security source said.

An operation to arrest the PKK terrorists is still underway in the region, the source added.

The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization also by the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015.

Since then, nearly 600 security personnel, including troops, police officers and village guards have been martyred and more than 5,000 PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.

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