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110 PKK rebels killed in military operations in Turkey

Xinhua, December 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

A total of 110 militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in the military operations in southeastern Turkey in last four days, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported on Sunday.

The Turkish security forces have killed 78 PKK rebels in the ongoing military operations in the town of Cizre of Sirnak province in southeastern Turkey, the report quoted a security source as saying.

In addition, six PKK militants were killed in Silopi town of Sirnak, 16 others in the central Sur town of Diyarbakir province and 10 in Dargecit town of Mardin province, said the source.

The security operations launched Tuesday against the PKK in southeastern Turkey will continue "until public security is established", the Turkish military said Saturday.

The PKK negotiated a cease-fire with Ankara in 2013. But the truce fell apart in the wake of a suicide bomb attack in the border town of Suruc in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa on July 20, in which 33 pro-Kurdish and left-wing activists were killed.

Tensions have been running high, especially in southeastern Turkey, as the military operations against PKK militants have been under way after the truce failed.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. Endit