PKK militants remotely detonated a bomb placed on the road linking Siirt to its district of Pervari during the passing of a military patrolling convoy at around 2.10 p.m. , the Turkish General Staff announced in a statement.
It said the bomb, which had been planted beforehand on the road, was detonated remotely.
The Siirt governorate issued a statement confirming the deaths of the eight soldiers and adding that there were no other injuries in the incident.
It said a broad-range operation was launched in the area to find the perpetrators.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
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A roadside bomb in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday has left eight Turkish soldiers martyred, the military said.
The soldiers fell martyr when their armored vehicle was hit by an improvised roadside bomb on the Siirt-Pervari highway in Siirt province.
In a statement on its website, the Turkish General Staff said the bomb was detonated by remote control at around 2.10 p.m. local time (11.10GMT).
The military attributed the attack to "members of a separatist terrorist organization" - the term generally reserved by the Armed Forces for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is considered a terror organization in Turkey, the U.S. and EU.
Four more soldiers also died in another attack Wednesday after gunfight with outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakir province, security forces have said, raising the two-day death toll in clashes to four.
The Turkish Armed Forces said Tuesday evening that the fighting began when the provincial and district gendarmerie command launched Monday evening an operation after suspected PKK members had set up roadblocks on the highway between Diyarbakir and Bingol.
Four soldiers had been taken to hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
The armed forces confirmed on Wednesday that one more soldier has died at hospital, identifying him as gendarme lieutenant Ubeyd Turan.
Another deceased member of the armed forces was earlier identified as gendarmerie commando sergeant Latif Adiguzel. His father, Mustafa Adiguzel told Anadolu Agency that his son had been engaged two months ago.
"We were going to hold his wedding ceremony in a month. Tell those traitors [PKK militants] that I have two more sons," he said.
Adiguzel will be buried in his hometown, central Nevsehir province after a funeral ceremony in Diyarbakir on Wednesday.
Another martyr was gendarmerie commando sergeant Muhammet Tufan, who leaves behind two children. After his parents were informed of his death, Turkish flags were reportedly hung up in the neighborhood where they live in central Eskisehir province.
The group stepped up attacks against security forces last month and is held responsible for more than 40 personnel's falling martyr since the July 20 Suruc bombing in southern Turkey.
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Two soldiers killed after convoy hits explosives in southeast Turkey...
ReplyDeleteTwo Turkish soldiers were killed and three wounded on Monday when the vehicle they were traveling in hit explosives buried in the road, the latest attack following the collapse of a ceasefire with Kurdish militants, security sources said.
The explosion occurred near the town of Semdinli in Hakkari province, which borders the Iraqi border, in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
Turkey has launched more than 400 air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, where the armed group is based, and in southeast Turkey since late July, in what it says is a response to attacks on police officers and soldiers.
Ankara blames the autonomy-seeking PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, for the deaths of 40,000 people, mainly Kurdish, since it took up arms in 1984.
REUTERS
24/8/15