DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants killed 15 police officers in two bomb attacks in eastern Turkish provinces on Tuesday, a government official said, widening a conflict with the Turkish state.
More than 40 Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets overnight in northern Iraq, where the group has bases, in response to Sunday's killing of 16 soldiers near the Iraqi border that was the deadliest attack since a two-year-old ceasefire ended.
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