ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described the gunning down of three members of the security forces in the southern province of Nigde on Thursday as a "nefarious terrorist attack" but did not say who was responsible.
Paramilitary and regular police officers were manning a checkpoint when the attackers opened fire from a truck, Turkey's Dogan News Agency (DHA) said. The driver of the truck, which was stolen, was also killed in the exchange of fire.
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