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Governor of the south-eastern province of Sanliurfa, Celalettin Guvenc said that 3-4 Syrian artillery shells landed in Akcakale town at around 16.30 hours today.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting at the mayor’s office in Akcakale, Guvenc stressed that one of the artillery shells hit a residence killing 5 people inside.
One Turkish soldier and a policeman were killed in two separate attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels on Sunday, Turkish media reported.
In one incident, PKK rebels attacked two military outposts in the Nizamiye district of the eastern Tunceli province. One soldier was killed in the attacks and four others were injured.
Seven Turkish soldiers were killed and 63 others were wounded on Tuesday when a Turkish military convoy was hit and came under fire in a road ambush by PKK terrorists in the eastern province of Bingol.
Seventy-five militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed in operations in the eastern province of Hakkari between Sept. 8 and today, the local governor’s office has announced.
Four security personnel were killed in the clashes, the announcement added.
Kurdish rebels wielding rocket launchers and machine-guns attacked a security base in southeast Turkey, triggering a firefight that left 30 people dead, local officials said Monday.
Ten soldiers were killed and seven wounded in the attack in the province of Sirnak, the local government said, while other sources said about 20 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were also killed.
