Two Turkish soldiers, village guard die in clashes with outlawed PKK
29 05 2010Two Turkish soldiers and a member of village guards helping the Turkish military were killed Saturday in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, officials announced.
The toll rose to three after a soldier succumbed to his injuries in hospital several hours after the clashes in southeastern Şırnak province, a statement posted on the army’s website said.
Two other soldiers were wounded in the clashes, which erupted in a mountainous area close to the Iraqi border when security forces came upon a PKK group.
The operation to hunt down the militants was continuing, military sources said.
One Turkish soldier died Thursday in an attack on a military vehicle in the southeastern province of Siirt’s Pervari district.
Another Turkish soldier died in clashes near the Iraqi border and five PKK members were killed in separate clashes in Tunceli province Wednesday.
Turkish warplanes last week bombed hideouts in northern Iraq that PKK members have used to stage hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets for decades. The military reported that 19 PKK members were killed in last week’s airstrike, Anatolia reported.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has intensified its attacks since December when Turkey’s Constitutional Court shut down a pro-Kurdish party on charges of ties to the organization.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
URL: www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=two-turkish-soldiers-village-guard-dies-in-clashes-with-outlawed-pkk-2010-05-29
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