ANKARA: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb blast in Southern Turkey 

22 Mar, 2016

ANKARA: Four Turkish soldiers and one policeman killed in a bomb blast in southeastern Turkey.

 

The incident occurred when security forces were doing a search operation in Nusaybin town and a PKK militant detonated a handmade explosive

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Turkish General staff claimed that government troops killed 28 PKK militants in a operation in southeastern province of Mardin on Saturday and Security forces killed 22 PKK members on Sunday.

 

Turkey is continuously being hit by PKK militants in a series of suicide attacks.

 

37 people were killed earlier this month while 29 people were killed in similar bombing attack in Ankara last month.

 

A suicide Kurd bomber killed at least 36 people and injured 61 in Ankara on February 17.

 

Four people were killed and 36 wounded days before in Istanbul when a suicide bomber blew up himself in a shopping street.

 

PKK is targeting Turkey after the cease-fire agreement was cancelled in July 2013 when PKK was found involved in a suicide attack in a Turkish town of border area.

 

PKK is also listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, EU and US.