DIYARBAKIR: As many as four Turkish police officers were killed on Thursday when explosives believed to have been planted by Kurdish militants were detonated as they passed by.
According to reports, The blast in Mardin province is the latest in a succession of frequent attacks against security forces by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants since a two-year-old ceasefire ended in July, leaving a peace process in tatters.
Turkish jets bombed PKK positions on Wednesday after one soldier was killed in the same region. State media said 20 militants were killed in those air strikes.
At least 70 members of Turkey’s security forces have been killed since the PKK attacks began.
State-run Anadolu Agency says more than 900 PKK militants have been killed in that period in southeast Turkey and Iraq, where the PKK has bases.
