3 soldiers killed, 24 injured in PKK car bomb attack in SE Turkey
Xinhua, March 25, 2016 Adjust font size:
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 24 others were injured in car bomb attacks by militants in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.
Militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) attacked Mermer Gendarme Station with car bombs near the Diyarbakir-Bingol Highway late Thursday evening, according to the report.
It also said that ambulances and reinforcements were dispatched to the area that saw the clashes between the militants and the security forces.
The highway in Diyarbakir was closed, said the report, adding that Turkish military had launched an operation to capture the PKK operatives who fled the scene.
The wounded were sent to Diyarbakir Military Hospital for treatment, some in critical conditions, added the report.
Since a cease-fire between the government and the PKK collapsed last July, Turkish security forces have been conducting a major campaign against the group in the southeast of the country.
More than 280 members of Turkish security forces and thousands of PKK members were killed within the country and in northern Iraq. Endit