Bomb attack kills two soldiers in southeast Turkey - sources


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Jun 2016

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A roadside bomb planted by Kurdish militants ripped apart a military armoured vehicle in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, security sources said.

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants detonated the explosives by remote control near a village in the Derik district of Mardin province at 3:10 pm (1210 GMT), the sources said, adding an operation was launched in the area to capture those responsible.

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