Clashes kill four Turkish soldiers, two PKK militants in Turkey

01/09/2008

ANKARA, Turkey -- Military sources say members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed four Turkish soldiers and injured four others in southeastern Turkey early Sunday (August 31st) during an attack on a military post in the province of Bingol. Two PKK separatists died in fighting following the raid, according to media reports. Security forces launched an operation to capture those PKK members who managed to escape. (Hurriyet, Anadolu news agency, Dogan news agency, NTV, AP, RIA Novosti - 31/08/08)