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3 soldiers killed in PKK attack in eastern Turkey

Xinhua, October 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least three soldiers were killed and five others injured in a terror attack in eastern Turkey on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists attacked security forces with mortar shelling in the Cukurca district of Hakkari province.

One soldier is in critical condition. An operation was launched in the region to search the attackers, said the report.

On Saturday, one soldier was injured after three mortar shells from Syria landed in the southern province of Hatay.

Turkish troops responded to the attack by shelling the area the shells from.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and EU, resumed its armed campaign in July last year. Endit