One Turkish soldier killed, 8 injured in landmine blast
18 08 2008Hurriyet
One Turkish soldier was killed and eight others were injured in a landmine explosion in a southeastern province of Turkey, Dogan News Agency reported.
One Turkish soldier was killed and eight others were injured in the explosion of a landmine planted by outlawed PKK separatists in the Cizre district of Sirnak province, the agency reported.
The landmine went off while a military vehicle was passing by on the Sirnak-Cizre road, governor’s office said.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey as well as the most of the international community, including the U.S. and the EU, frequently uses remote-control landmines to target Turkey’s security forces.
Source: arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=9686524
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