Turkish soldier killed in clash with PKK

15/03/2010

ANKARA, Turkey -- One soldier was killed and another was injured in a clash with members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in southeast Turkey on Sunday (March 14th). The incident occurred in the Hakkari province, near the border with Iran and Iraq, when a group of rebels attacked a military convoy. (Yeni Safak, Vatan - 15/03/10; Reuters, Hurriyet, Worldbulletin, Anadolu news agency - 14/03/10)

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