PKK attack kills two Turkish soldiers, injures nine

03/09/2008

ANKARA, Turkey -- An attack by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists killed two Turkish soldiers and injured nine others in eastern Turkey late on Tuesday (September 2nd). The PKK ambushed a military vehicle in the Kigi district of the eastern province of Bingol, said Governor Irfan Balkanogluid. The army has launched a large-scale operation to find the attackers.

In other news, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook eastern Turkey early on Wednesday, damaging several buildings in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman. The tremor's epicentre was in the district of Samsat. No injuries were reported. (Anadolu news agency, Hurriyet, Dogan news agency, CNN Turk, AFP, RIA Novosti - 03/09/08)