Two soldiers killed in same Turkish province in two days
9 03 2010A soldier was killed Tuesday when a mine believed to have been planted by Kurdish separatists exploded in the second deadly blast in as many days, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The soldier was killed and three others were injured Tuesday in an explosion in the district of Şemdinli in Hakkari province, close to Turkey’s borders with Iraq and Iran.
The explosion occurred during a security sweep of farmland. The operation was launched Monday shortly after another mine blast, blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, killed one soldier and wounded three others.
Operations were continuing in the region.
The explosions came after a routine lull in fighting between the army and PKK terrorists in winter when snow makes the mountainous terrain in the country’s Southeast inaccesible.
The PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.
The conflict with the terrorist has claimed the lives of some 45,000 people since 1984 when the PKK took up arms.
Source: Hurriyet
URL: www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=two-soldiers-killed-in-same-turkish-province-in-two-days-2010-03-09
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